Lesson #17 - 你喜欢什么颜色？

What color do you like? Some classes have begun learning their colors. We learned how to pronounce and recognize the colors.
蓝色 blue (lan2se4)
白色 white (bai2 se4)
黑色 black (hei1 se4)
绿色 green (lu4 se4)
红色 red (hong2 se4)
黄色 yellow (huang2 se4)
紫色 purple (zi3 se4)
咖啡色 brown (ka1 fei1 se4)
粉红色 pink (fen3 hong2 se4)
Practice telling the colors of objects around you by using the construction, "That is ____." = 那是_____的. (na4 shi4 ____ de).
那是红色的。
那是黑色的。

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Lesson # 16 - 动物

This last lesson was devoted to pets and animals. Not a whole lot, but a respectable introduction. First is a list below of the animals learned:
狗 dog (gou3) 大象 elephant (da4 xiang4)
猫 cat (mao1) 鱼 fish (yu2)
鸟 bird(niao3) 羊 sheep (yang2)
鸡 chicken(ji1) 鼠 mouse (shu3)
熊 bear (xiong2) 马 horse (ma3)
牛 cow (niu2) 猪 pig (zhu1)

We have learned in the past how to say, "I like..." = 我喜欢。。。 wo3 xi3 huan1...
We only need to add one character to say, "My most favorite..." and that is 最 zui4. So for us to say, "Bears are my favorite." We'd say, 我最喜欢熊。 Or we could say, "My favorite animal is that elephant."
我最喜欢的动物是大象。 We could also say, "I don't like mice." 我不喜欢老鼠。” Just add the negative 不 before the verb. Practice the sounds for the animals and make 3 sentences using "like." 再见！