language learning center · A1 · Lesson 3
Basic personal information
Practice this topic in Chinese: Basic personal information.
Understand and learn
Work from a natural example to useful language, one small pattern, a spoken attempt, and a response that is relevant to your life.
小雨
我叫李娜。
My name is Lucía.
马克
我二十八岁。
I am twenty-eight years old.
小雨
我住在北京。
I live in Madrid.
马克
我在图书馆工作。
I work in a library.
Notice, try, and speak
Understand a natural example and learn a small set of useful words, phrases, and patterns.
Useful words and phrases
These items were selected by the lesson curriculum for practical use—not extracted as an every-word list.
我叫李娜。
My name is Lucía.
我叫李娜。
我二十八岁。
I am twenty-eight years old.
我二十八岁。
我住在北京。
I live in Madrid.
我住在北京。
我在图书馆工作。
I work in a library.
我在图书馆工作。
你做什么工作？
What do you do?
你做什么工作？
Notice, try, and speak
Which Chinese sentence has this meaning: “My name is Lucía.”
Make it yours
Say the five Chinese turns aloud, then connect two of them naturally.
Change one detail so the message is true for your own life or opinion.
Use it with someone
Use this Chinese in a real conversation
- 1. 我叫李娜。
- 2. 我二十八岁。
- 3. 我住在北京。
- 4. 我在图书馆工作。
- 5. 你做什么工作？