Monthly Archives: May 2012

Lesson Six: What Country Are You From?

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This week, after a bit of a break, we are back and learning how to answer another much-asked question: What country are you from?

To answer that question, we’ll learn how to say the names of these countries:

  • Canada
  • China
  • America
  • England
  • France
  • Germany

If your country isn’t listed, drop us a line using the “contact” button above, and we’ll do a lesson add-on with your country  name.

If you want to print out the cool flags of the world colouring sheets we used in this lesson, please visit this link.

And don’t forget to pick up the handout that goes along with this lesson. It will teach you the stroke order for writing the Chinese characters we use this week and give you a chance to practice writing for yourself.

 

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Until next week, zài jiàn!

- Carey Clark

Word of the Week

This week’s new word is 麻烦 má fan meaning, “inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to trouble or bother somebody; to put somebody to trouble.“

We have been dealing with some issues with our visas and residency permits. This has kept us very busy and we haven’t had time to post. 

The good news is, the problems are on their way to being completely solved and we now have permits for the next few months.

We’ll be back and posting again by next week. Thanks for your patience.

- Carey Clark