Happy Chinese（快乐汉语） is an entertaining, fun and easy Chinese series. In Season I, we will focus on daily life Chinese. It will helps the foreigners not only just know what to say, but also how to use it. 快乐汉语系列一《日常生活汉语》主要教授在中国家庭生活及学校生活中的日常用语。我们将以情景剧的方式帮助大家理解和掌握这些句子。

Sentences:

1.你不要大声地喊叫。
Don't shout so loudly.
莹莹，你要听话，别乱叫！
Ying Ying, be nice. Don't scream.
在汉语中，“你要做什么”、“你不要做什么”和“你别做什么”都是在向对方表达要求时常用的句式。
In Chinese, "ni yao zuo…", "ni bu yao zuo…" and "ni bie zuo…" are all imperative sentence patterns.

2.你只能要一根铅笔！
You can have only one pencil！
在现代汉语中，数词一般不能直接放在名词的前边，而是要在后边加上量词才可以。不用的名词有自己特定的量词，例如“一件衣服、一辆车、两本书、两个朋友、三张票”等等。
In modern Chinese, normally, no numeral can be directly followed by a noun. A measure word should be used between the numeral and the noun. Different types of nouns require different measure words. For example: "yi jian"(clothing); "yi liang" (vebicle); "liang ben" (books); "liang ge"(friends); "san zhang"(tickets); etc.