Chinese language

Chinese

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Why Chinese can be important for you

• 1. CHINESE IS THE MOST SPOKEN LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD
• 2. CHINESE HISTORY AND CULTURE IS ONE OF THE OLDEST
• 3. YOU CAN MAKE FRIENDS WITH DIFFERENT CULTURES
• 4. CHINESE HELPS PERSONAL GROWTH
• 5. CHINA’S ECONOMY IS GROWING

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History of Chinese language

Chinese language is the oldest written language in the world with at least six thousand years of history. Chinese character inscriptions have been found in turtle shells dating back to the Shang dynasty (1766-1123) proving the written language has existed for more than 3,000 years.

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First steps into language

Hi! - 你好 [Nǐ hǎo]

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How are you? - 你好吗 [Nǐ hǎo ma]

What is your name? - 你叫什么名字 [Nǐ jiào shénme míngzì]

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Types of chinese characters:

Calligraphy

Chinese calligraphy is not just information on paper, but a whole art that has become property of China. This art is based on nature with the interweaving of female and male yin and yang energies.

pictographs, pictophonetic characters, associative compounds, self-explanatory characters, phonetic loan characters, mutually explanatory characters.

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How to draw

Broken lines

Main

With hook

Broken lines with hooks

Main rules of calligraphy

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horizontal

vertical

folding to the right

folding to the left

oblique intersecting

rising

right dot

left dot

hieroglyph is written from bottom to top

hieroglyph is written from left to right

horizontal lines are written first, then vertical and folding lines

first,we write the folding to the left line, then the folding to the right

first, we write external lines, then internal and then" closing"

first, a vertical line is written, which is in the center, then the one that is on the side

the dot on the right is written last

Quiz

How to say "Hi!" on Chinese?

How many types of Chinese characters do you know?

1.[Nǐ hǎo]

1. Three 2. Ten 3. Six

2. Hola!

3. [Kon'nichiwa]

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Quiz

Do you like our presentation?)

What do you say when you want to know someone's name?

1. Yes! 2. Of course yes

1.你叫什么名字 2.お元気ですか 3. [Nǐ jiào shénme míngzì]

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