U3 - L6 - Date (II)

Goal: I can tell the date and age

U3 - L6 - 12/23/2020

Ms. Kay

Review 🌈

Year 📆

Year --> nián --> 年

• English: year of 2020

• Mandarin structure: 4 single digits + year

• Rule of telling year --> to name every single number directly

• Mandarin structure: two zero two zero year

• Pinyin : èr líng èr líng nián

Multiple Choice

How do we say, "year of 1990" in Mandarin?

* Structure: 4 single digits + year

*Rule of telling year --> to name every single number directly*

• yī jiǔ jiǔ líng nián

• yī liù liù líng nián

• yī jiǔ jiǔ líng

• shí jiǔ jiǔ shí nián

Multiple Choice

How do we say, "year of 2005" in Mandarin?

* Structure: 4 single digits + year

*Rule of telling year --> to name every single number directly*

• èr shí wǔ nián

• èr líng líng wǔ

• èr líng líng wǔ nián

Multiple Choice

How do we say, "year of 2001" in Mandarin?

* Structure: 4 single digits + year

*Rule of telling year --> to name every single number directly*

• èr shí yī nián

• èr líng líng yī

• èr líng líng yī nián

• èr líng líng qī nián

Month --> yuè --> 月

Listen to song and summarize what is the pattern for telling the month?

Open Ended

What is the structure for telling the month?

Month --> yuè --> 月

• Structure of telling the month:

• number + month --> number + yuè

• January --> 1st month of the year--> yī yuè

• February --> 2nd month of the year --> èr yuè

• March --> 3rd month of the year --> sān yuè

• ...

Multiple Choice

What is August in Mandarin? *structure: number + month*

• yuè bā

• bā yuè

• jiǔ yuè

Multiple Choice

What is September in Mandarin? *structure: number + month*

• yuè jiǔ

• jiǔ yuè

Multiple Choice

What is December in Mandarin? *structure: number + month*

• shí èr yuè

• yuè shí èr

Open Ended

What is your birthday month? (type the month in Pinyin)

*structure: number + month*

Day of month --> rì --> 日

• Structure of telling the day of month

• number + Day of month --> number + rì

• 16th --> shí liù rì

• 15th --> shí wǔ rì

• 17th --> shí qī rì

Multiple Choice

How do we say "January 1st" in Mandarin?

*structure: number + yuè + number + rì*

• yī yī rì

• yī yuè yī rì

Multiple Choice

How do we say "February 3rd" in Mandarin?

*structure: number + yuè + number + rì*

• èr yuè sān

• èr yuè sān rì

Day of week --> xīng qí --> 星期

Watch the video and summarize what is the pattern for telling the day of week?

**Pay attention to pronunciation for SUNDAY!!!!

Open Ended

What is the structure of telling the "days of week"?

Multiple Choice

What is Monday?

• xīng qí yī

• yī xīng qí

Multiple Choice

What is Tuesday?

• xīng qí èr

• èr xīng qí

• xīng qí sān

Day of week --> xīng qí --> 星期

• Structure: xīng qí + number

• Monday --> 1st day of the week --> xīng qí yī -->星期一

• Tuesday --> 2nd day of week -->xīng qí èr --> 星期二

• Wednesday --> 3rd day of week --> xīng qí sān -->星期三

• ...

• Sunday --> the 7th day of week -->xīng qí rì -->星期日

Culture Difference

In China，the format to tell the date is......

year + month + day, day of week

Structure: __ __ __ __ nián ____ yuè _____ rì, xīng qí _____

In America, the format to tell the date is ...

month + day + year, day of week

Multiple Choice

"èr líng èr yī nián yī yuè yī rì" --> what holiday is on this date?

• Christmas

• New Year

• Thanksgiving

Multiple Choice

"èr líng èr líng nián shí èr yuè èr shí wǔ rì" --> what holiday is on this date?

• Christmas

• New Year

• Thanksgiving

Writing practice - Due by now

Fill out the blank with your birthday year/month/day/day of week, AND write the whole sentence (with the sentence starter) in pinyin and characters on paper, take a picture and submit it on GC

[ Using GOOGLE TRANSLATION --> F]

wǒ shēng rì shì __(year/month/day/day of week)____.

我 生 日 是 ___(year/month/day/day of week)_________.

my birthday is ___(year/month/day/day of week)______.