JENNIFER M.

OESTAR
RIVINE P. SIBULO
MARICEL G. TANGONAN
PhD Development Education

DED 623: Foreign Language

PROF. BRIAN D. VILLAVERDE

Assistant Professor I
 Jennifer M. Oestar
-Currently teaching at Canda National High
School in Sariaya, Quezon
-Transferred from Lagay National High School in
Calauag, Quezon
-Previously worked at Maryhill College
-Graduated BSEd Major in English & MA
Educational Management at Southern Luzon State
University
 Rivine P. Sibulo
-Teacher I at Arawan Elementary School, San
Antonio, Quezon
-Kindergarten teacher
-Graduated BEED (Mathematics)
-Master of Arts in Education Major in
Mathematics at Sacred Heart College Lucena
City
Maricel G. Tangonan
-Elementary Grade Teacher I Lucena North II,
Lucena City
-Studied Bachelor of Elementary Education at
Sacred Heart College.
-Earned Master of Arts in Education at Sacred
Heart College.
-Currently a grade 6 teacher and the school’s
canteen manager.
 Identify the most commonly used Chinese action
verbs .
 Discuss the basic rules of verbs in Chinese language.

 Introduce the properties of action words.

How does Chinese language affect
the economy of a country?
How and when do we use Pinyin?
What are the rules in changing
verbs into different tenses?
Mandarin is the most widely spoken form of
Chinese. It is official language in People's Republic
China, Hong Kong (which is now once more part
of the PRC) and Taiwan. Other important dialect
groups are Wu, Xiang, Cantonese, Min, Hakka and
Gan. Due to historic reasons, most Chinese-
speaking people in the United States speak
Cantonese.
The grammar of Standard Chinese (中文語法) shares many
features with other varieties of Chinese. The language almost
entirely lacks inflection, so that words typically have only one
grammatical form. Categories such as number (singular or plural)
and verb tense are frequently not expressed by any grammatical
means, although there are several particles that serve to express
verbal aspect, and to some extent mood.
• Action verbs are verbs that describe doing things.
• An action verb is a verb that expresses physical or mental action.
The action verb tells us what the subject of our clause or sentence is
doing-physically or mentally.
• A verb is a very important part of any sentence. There are two main
functions that a verb can play: there are those verbs that puts a
subject into motion and other verbs offer more clarification on the
same subject.
 Dòngzuò dòngcí yǔ dòngcí zhī jiān de qūbié

• There verbs that are not normally used in the Continuous Tense,
because they describe rather state than an action. They are
called state verb (stative verbs, non-progressive verbs).
The verbs that can be used in the Continuous Tense are
called action verbs (dynamic verbs).
VIDEO PRESENTATION
• REMEMBER….

Chinese verbs do not have tenses. In

other words, the form of verbs never
changes, regardless the change of time.
They remain the same if they are actions
of the past, present or future, if they are
active or passive voices.
• Example:

Zuótiān wǒ qù kàn diànyǐng le。

I went and watched movie yesterday

Xiànzài wǒ zhèngzài kàn diànyǐng。

I am watching a movie right now.

Míngtiān, wǒ yào qù kàn diànyǐng。

Tomorrow, I will go and watch a movie.
• REMEMBER….

Instead of changing the form of verbs when talking

about past, present or future actions, Chinese people
put a particular time phrase in the sentences to
indicate the different time.
Here are some example to indicate different time.
Wǒ chànggē。
I sing.
Wǒ yǐjīng chànggē le。
I have sung.
Wǒ chànggē le。
I sang.

Wǒ yào chànggē。
I will sing.
 Usually, in order to indicate
我找到了那本书。 completion of an action, the particle
(wǒ zhǎo dào le nà běn shū) 了 (le) is added after the verb.
I found that book.

我吃过早饭了。
(wǒ chī guò zǎo fàn le)
I have had breakfast.

我看电影了。
(wǒ kàn diàn yǐng le)
I watched a movie.
If you wish to indicate that something did not
happen in the past, you must negate the verb
using 没 (méi) or 没有 (méi yǒu). The 了 (le)
particle is also removed from this kind of
sentence.
我昨天没看见她。
(wǒ zuó tiān méi kàn jiàn tā)
I didn’t see her yesterday.

The adverb 还 (hái) can also be used here to in suggest

that something ‘has not yet happened’.

我还没吃饭。
(wǒ hái méi chī fàn.)
I haven’t eaten yet.
正 (zhèng), 在 (zài) and 正在 (zhèng zài) all indicate that
something is still happening at the present time. They
are only used when there is an action involved, and
cannot be used with modal or stative verbs.

我在洗碗。
(wǒ zài xǐ wǎn.)
I am washing the dishes.

他正在游泳。
(tā zhèng zài yóu yǒng)
He is swimming now.
This refer to actions that can have duration
and can be performed for a period of time.
Some of them are:
• niàn– to study/read aloud
• wán – to play
• mǎi- to shop
• xiě- to write
• chàng gē- to sing
• pǎo– to run
• chī – to eat
Active and Passive Voice of the Verb

Línpíng yǐjīng hē kāfēi le。

Lin Ping has drunk the coffee.

Kāfēi yǐjīng bèi Línpíng hē le。

The coffee has been drunk by Lin Ping.
 Give the Mandarin counterpart of the
following ACTION VERBS.
1. Climb 6. Sing
2. Wash 7. Stand
3. Write 8. Drink
4. Throw 9. Come
5. Jump 10. Carry
• GAME TIME….

Applying action verbs,make

sentences using Pinyin words.
(Lì yòng jù pinyin yán.)
 For many years, Chinese culture, languages and traditions have
been one of the biggest part of Filipino culture and even in business
sector.
As China is rapidly becoming a world economic power as it opens
its doors to foreign investment expands its infrastructure, those who
know Chinese will be valuable to business
There is an increased impact of the Chinese language worldwide.
Those who learn and know Mandarin will definitely benefit much from
it.
Today if a person can speak and use Chinese means he has more
chances of getting a higher paying job.
 GROUP 3
Ph.D. Dev. Ed.

f0R lisTeniNg!!!