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Lesson 3

Family & people

Talk about your family, ask people's names, identify professions.

📚 New vocabulary · 14

爸爸
ba
dad, father
妈妈
ma
mom, mother
儿子
érzi
son
女儿
ér
daughter
朋友
péngyǒu
friend
老师
lǎoshī
teacher
学生
xuéshēng
student
同学
tóngxué
classmate
医生
shēng
doctor
先生
xiānshēng
Mr., sir, husband
小姐
xiǎojiě
Miss, young lady
rén
person, people
名字
míngzi
name
jiào
to call, to be named

💡 Grammar note

Use 叫 (jiào) for 'is named': 我 叫 + name. To ask 'what is your name?' say 你 叫 什么 名字? With family members, you usually drop 的: 我 妈妈 (my mom), not 我 的 妈妈.

🏋️ Quick practice

10 mixed questions: pinyin → meaning, character → meaning, listening, English → character, and fill-in sentences.

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🏋️ More practice

Open the full exercises page scoped to just this lesson's vocabulary — all three vocab-based modes (pinyin → meaning, listen → recognise, match) using only the 14 words you just learned.

🎓 Full lecture practice

The full workout, broken into stages. We split this lesson's vocabulary into small sub-groups and run a short drill for each — easier to absorb than 20 mixed questions in a row. Then the final stage mixes every type: pinyin → meaning, character → meaning, listening, English → character, fill the blank, English → 中 builder, word order, and tone identification. Includes a 🎤 pronunciation challenge when your mic + Whisper are available.

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Demonstrate the lesson first: score 70% or higher in Quick practice or Full lecture, then mark it complete.

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