Reading and Writing

Stage 2: Learners who have studied the vocabulary at Stage 1

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Date

Topics/Storybook Canada Stories

Vocabulary

Grammar

1/17

Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year treats and customs

Expressing likes and dislikes

Expressing experiences: Have or haven’t done something

1/25

School Clothes

Clothing

Classifiers

adjectives for describing clothing

 

2/1

Cooking

Vegetables

Verbs that describe food preparation

Verb + gan2 “verb+ -ing”

Mui5 chi3… dou1 “Every time … intensifier”

2/8

Valentine

Vocabulary specific to this festival

Expressing experiences: Have or haven’t done something

Expressing completed events

2/15

I like to read

Adverbs

The multippurpose verb bei2

The adverbial construction with dak1

Another meaning of dou1

 

2/22

Counting animals

Animals

The prsentational structure

Hai2 + LOC + verb

 

3/1

Two

Body parts

Action verbs

Lo2-lai4/lei4 consruction

Verb + zyu6/ha5

3/8

Goat, Dog, and Cow Part 1

Time expressions

Expressions for connecting sentences

Conjunctions in stories

3/15

Goat, Dog, and Cow Part 2

More epxressions for connecting sentences

More conjuctions in stories

An Example

Supplemented by extra vocabulary and grammar notes.

Jyutping

Yale

Chinese Characters

Gloss

Soeng6bin6/bin1 (changed tone)

Seuhngbihn/bin1 (changed tone)

上邊

“on top of”

Haa6bin6

Hahbihn

下邊

“underneath”

Cin4bin6

Chìhnbihn

前邊

“In front of”

Hau6bin6

Hauhbihn

後邊

“behind”

Jap6bin6/leoi5bin6

Yahpbihn/léuihbihn

入便/裏邊

“inside”

Ceot1bin6/ngoi6bi

Chēutbihn/ngoihbihn

出邊/外邊

“outside”

Zung1gaan1

Jūnggāan

中間

“in the middle”

Deoi3min6

Deuimihn

對面

“opposite”

Gaak3lei4

Gaaklèih

隔離

“next to”

Zo2 bin6

Jó bihn

左邊

“to the left”

Jau6 bin6

Yauh bihn

右邊

“to the right”

Zek3 wu1jing1 hai2 ngo5 go3 tau4 dou6.  [dou6 is unspecific.]                     

Jek wūyīng hái ngóh go tàuh douh.                               

隻烏蠅喺我個頭度

 

“The fly is at your head (LOC).”

Zek3 wu1jing1 hai2 ngo5 go3 tau4 soeng6bin6.

Jek wūyīng hái ngóh go tàuh seuhngbihn.

隻烏蠅喺我個頭上邊

 

“The fly is on my head.”

Zek3 wu1jing1 hai2 ngo5 go3 tau4 soeng6bin6 ni1dou6.         

Jek wūyīng hái ngóh go tàuh seuhngbihn nīdouh.         

隻烏蠅喺我個頭上邊呢度

 

“The fly is here on your head.”

Zek3 wu1jing1 hai2 keoi5 go3 tau4 soeng6bin6 go2dou6.

Jek wūyīng hái kéuih go tàuh seuhngbihn gódouh.

隻烏蠅喺我個頭上邊嗰度

“The fly is there on his head.” 

Keoi5 co5 hai2 ngo5 tung4 ma4ma1 zung1gaan3.                     

Kéuih chóh hái ngóh tùhng màhmā jūnggaan.                     

佢坐喺我同媽媽中間

“He sits between me and Mom.”

Keoi5 co2 hai2 ngo5 zo2-bin6.

Kéuih chó hái ngóh jó-bihn

佢坐喺我左邊

“He sits to myr left.”

Keoi5 co2 hai2 ngo5 gak3lei4.

Kéuih chó hái ngóh gaklèih.

佢坐喺我隔離

 “He sits next to me.”