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Students will be able to greet to people and introduce themselves in Chinese.

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China and between the us if you want to express something how do you play that and so I hope and needs times where it where I'm here to teach you but I'll be able to teach you some things that will help you understand Chinese culture so that when it comes time for you to say something what you say reflects what you mean and isn't just a location from English into Chinese I've made lots of mistakes in my ten years here and of course you will too it's just nothing that happens when you learn a language but if you can learn a little bit more about the culture perhaps you'll make a lot cheaper there differences when you meet and greet someone between China and America for example in America you might just say hi Bob or hi and it doesn't matter who the person is whether they're your boss or whether they're your friend's son but in China is very important for you I think about what to call that person or what title to use for that person and I of course this being the first lesson you haven't learned very many but when you just consider the phrase mija  that's an ordinary praise me how you could use it for your friend Turf for everyone just about anybody but if you have someone older than you or the head of the company or someone running at yeah someone who you respect for a much you you saying how it shows your respect for that person in the case of teacher or someone who you must show your respect to its very frequent here for you to add their name for example if open to a teacher free sample teacher and her name is long me a call or Newhall and that extra one loss shows put in at the manners for example that our please and thank you America have you don't say give me that you know you say give me that please that's what brings manners to an American conversation in China bring matters to the conversation is for you to add the person's name and title for example one law mean the teacher it can also be a situation where you just say their name and that's the same as saying mija how are you Temple if I bumped into one Lobster I might just say oh well strip and not add the Neha who depending on the circumstances thought you might have a different form of saying how are you and slowly will as the book goes on we will teach you all these different forms of addressing p and saying Hi how are you in China it's a bit complicated  but let's talk about the full address **** meet on the street what would you call me  well if I met you on the street if you are my teacher I would play sure if you were just my friend I would say because you're smaller than I am  if you were an old lady or an old man I might say because then you're much older than I am and I have to be respectful so depending on again on the age and what's your position then what your title is that's how you decide what to call someone it's very important in Chinese to show your relationship in play you address people and even among the very closest of friends you can leave the shell and the law off but that's very very close something that might take a year or two for you to make here in China after we're finished doing this program and she can just be one but for right now she's still sell well my my family name is so people call me Mula sure showing their respect to me as a teacher I cannot call you a famous is interesting to see in how far you can stand away from someone if you're a teacher this would be about the right amount of the but close friends in China if you're really close and she's walking not not then we might even stand like more like this and hang on each other and this is another way of showing your closeness and your friendship is is to friendly physically I guess you'd say as well as friendly in the way you use a form of address

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