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你 长 什 么 样 子

nǐ zhǎng shén me yàng zi?

What do you look like?

Objectives:

Level 1: 

1. Use different adjectives to describe people.

2. Use "很+adj" to describe the appearance

level 2: 

 Use different ways to describe the adjectives:

又。。。又,

不。。。也不。。。

level 3 : 

。。。比。。。

​。。。没有。。。

Vocabulary   

 

Listen and read out loud. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Write down the vocab on bi ji ben. 

gāo  ǎi  pàng  shòu  měi  shuài  chǒu  dà  xiǎo 

 高    矮    胖     瘦    美     帅      丑   大   小

​How to use the adj. in Chinese? 

Q: What's the magic word for using adj. in Chinese?

 

 

你 长 什 么 样 子

nǐ zhǎng shén me yàng zi?

What do you look like?

Write down these words in Chinese: 

look like,  appearance

What do you look like?  

 

 

Watch and take notes on bi ji ben 

​很hěn ....

我很高。

她很瘦。

他很帅。

​Translate: 

He is handsome. 

She is pretty. 

I am tall.

Negate Subeject+不bù+adj. 

我不高。

她不瘦。

他不帅。

Translate: 

He is not short. 

I am not fat. 

She is not skinny. 

NOTE

If there are two adj. 

又+adj. +又 +adj..

to connect two adj. 

我又高又胖。 

She is short and skinny. 

He is tall and handsome. 

I am tall and fat. 

 

use 不+ adj.+也不adj. 

我不高也不矮。 

He is either tall or short. 

She is neither fat nor skinny. 

I am neither pretty nor ugly.

 

Make Comparison
1) A 比(bǐ) B + Adj.          A is Adj. than B

 

 


E.g.: 哥哥比我高。 Brother is taller than me. 
      爸爸的眼睛比我的大。Dad’s eyes are bigger than mine.

 

Translate: 

I am prettier than my older sister. 

She is shorter than him. 
 

 

2) A 没有(méi yǒu) B + Adj.      A is not Adj. compared to B 
E.g.: 我没有哥哥高。      

        我的眼睛没有爸爸的大。

 

Translate: 

I am not prettier than my older sister. 

She is not shorter than him. 

 

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