DLI 2-3

In this lesson, read through the information for each character. In your character notebook, draw a picture or cartoon of the story that will help you remember the character. Then take the quiz.

吗

ma

yes/no?
口 + 马mǎ
mouth + horse

Picture what comes out of the mouth of the horse is a yes/no question.

asking someone if they like horses 吗?

谁

shéi

who
讠 + 隹zhuī
microphone + special bird

in a microphone: "Who let the turkeys out? Who? Who? Who?"

会

huì

meeting
8 + I
meeting + Great Wall

Picture the ultimate summit meeting: on the Great Wall.

期

qī

period of time
其qí + 月
laundry basket + month

After a period of time, the laundry basket begins to stink: a month is too long between washes.

你

nǐ

you
亻 + 尔
persona + you [literary]

alternatively: 亻 + ⺈ + 小 persona + mask + small: your persona says, “You (little person)! Put this mask on.”

人尔你

我

wǒ

I, me
手 + 戈
hand + rifle

“I've got a right to my rifle!"

alternatively: a picture of a hand pointing to its other hand

岁

suì

years of age
山 + 夕
mountain + evening

when you are of age, you can go the mountains in the evening

each year you get taller, maybe as high as a mountain, measure your height at your evening party

没

méi

not have
氵 + 殳
water + boomerang

Boomerang territory (Western Australia) does not have much water.

alternatively: 氵 + 几 + 又 water + wind + right hand, Water washes it away, so there is nothing left, wind blows it away, so there is nothing left, hand brushes it away, so there is nothing left.

这

zhè

this
文 + 辶
gentleman farmer + road

“wén on the road…zhè!” (to the tune of "Minimum wage! Hyah!")

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A gentleman farmer Robert Frost wrote this poem: “The Road Not Taken”.

‍This Gentleman Farmer: During the Dust Bowl, many have to leave their farms. This gentleman farmer is one of them. (1930's On the Road)

alternatively: 亠 + 乂 + 辶 top hat + X + road, You see a top hat on the road and when you pick it up, underneath an X marks this spot.

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DLI 2-3

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