Lesson 3 - Animals & Food

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Demonstratives

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Grammar

Grammar : - Demonstratives  [jia mo / jia gai] 这个 this thing

[jia] is 这. Like Mandarin, “this thing is” has to be used.

Jia gai di mi ? What is this ?

or gai di mi ? What is that ?

jia mo (nang) di niang? Who is this (person)?

or mo (nang) di niang? Who is that (person)?

jia goi di du de? Where is this place at?

or goi di du de? Where is that place?

jia di di du de? Where is here at?   (precise spot)

ouw di di du de? Where is there at? (precise spot)

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DIALOGUE

• A : Are these lions?

  B :  No, they aren’t.

  A : Then what are these?

  B : These are tigers.

• HAINANESE ROMANIZED ( expand )

  A : di gai di ssai ah?

  B :  bo di ssai.

  A :  na di gai di mi?

  B :  di gai di lao ou

  B : bo niao la. Jin dua la

• PRACTICE ( expand )

  Substitute with other animals or items.

• A : What is that?

  B : that is a photo.

  A : Who is that person?

  B : That is my younger brother.

  A : You are a teacher. Is he a teacher too?

  B : He isn’t. He’s a police.

• HAINANESE ROMANIZED ( expand )

  A : or gai di mi?

  B : or gai di dio 

  A : jia mor (nang) di niang?

  B : jia mor (nang) di nong gai bo ddi

  A : du di dien de. yi ya di dien de ah?

  B : yi bo di dien de.  Yi di ma ta. (geng sat)

• PRACTICE ( expand )

  Substitute with the following: 

  1. Younger brother - police 

  2. Younger sister - nurse 

  3. Older brother - teacher

  4. Older sister - does business

READING 

• This is my family photo. 

  They are my father . This is my mother. This is my brother. This is my sister. This is me.

  My father liked tortoise. He would go anywhere and buy tortoise.

  My mother does not like animals.

  My brother is a reporter. 

  He does not like animals too.

  My sister does not like animals too.

  Only I like animals.

• HAINANESE ROMANIZED ( expand )

  nong di xiao wan

  nong u a gor. nong u a ze.

  nong bo a di . nong bo a moi

  nong di xiang ngiau

  nong bo dang nong a gor.

  yi diao lo me nong.

• PRACTICE ( expand )

  Reading Practice : - Talk about your own family or friends

VOCABULARY

• FOOD (click to expand)

  1. Beef guu yok ( breathe out)

  2. Chicken Goi yok

  3. fish (meat) u yok (breathe in)

  4. mutton Yyo yok

  5. Chilli Wun jio

  6. Eggs goi noi

  7. Food jia bot

  8. Oil eeiu

• ANIMALS (click to expand)

  1. cow guu ( breathe out)

  2. dragon liang

  3. fish u (breathe in)

  4. hen goi

  5. horse bbei

  6. lion ssai

  7. monkey gao dui

  8. pig du yolk

  9. rabbit hho

  10. rat lao xiu

  11. snake dua

  12. tiger lao ou

  13. tortoise; turtle gu

• PHRASES ( expand )

  1. He / She likes animals too. yi nang ya dang sot bot.

  2. Give me a little more vegetables. bun nong doi di ssai bo gai

  3. A little more sugar. Doi di hor

  4. Appreciate that you give me soy sauce. bo goi bun dong ge di jio yuue

  5. I like to drink soup. nong dang jia hor

  6. Give me a little salt. bun nong di di yam

  7. Please give me rice. xia bun nong boi. bo gai

  8. Please me a little more noodles. xia bun nong doi di mee.

  9. Please give me chilli. xia bun nong wun jio. bo gai diet

• OTHERS ( expand )

  1. always diao lou

  2. at times / sometimes wu diao

  3. be at home du su

  4. friends pong jio

  5. go out hu gua

  6. He / She yi

  7. to buy boi

  8. with gangngiau (comparison) /dui giau (formal)

  9. oldest xiang dua / dui dua

PRACTICE

JOIN HAINAN SPEAKING CLASS