Dialogue 1 and homework

New words

生日shēngrì n birthday

快乐kuàilè adj. happy or glad

生日快乐！Shēngrì kuàilè ! Happy birthday!

给gěi prep. to or for

Language points

Sentence with “是……的”: emphasizing the agent of an action. The action has happened.

For example:

晚饭是谁做的？Wǎnfàn shì shéi zuò de?

晚饭是妈妈做的。Wǎnfàn shì māmā zuò de。

The negative form is “不是……的”

For example:

这个汉字不是大卫写的。Zhège hànzì bùshì dà wèi xiě de。

Dialogue 1

A：生日快乐！这是送给你的！Shēngrì kuàilè! Zhè shì sòng gěi nǐ de!

Happy birthday! This is for you.

B：是什么？是一本书吗？Shì shénme? Shì yī běn shū ma?

What is it? Is it a book?

A：对，这本书是我写的。 Duì, zhè běn shū shì wǒ xiě de.

Yes. A book written by me.

B：太谢谢你了！Tài xièxiè nǐle!

Thank you so much!

Now please try read it again without Pinyin.

A：生日快乐！这是送给你的！

B：是什么？是一本书吗？

A：对，这本书是我写的。

B：太谢谢你了！

Can you try to retell this dialogue?

Here is an example:

“今天是小刚的生日。小丽送给他的生日礼物是一本书，祝他生日快乐。这本书是小丽自己写的。”

Homework

Today we have learnt how to greet someone’s birthday. 生日快乐！

Please try to say生日快乐to someone who is going to have birthday recently!