Lesson 04
Conversation 1 : What's your family name? Conversation 2 : Who is he? Conversation 3 : What's your friend's name? Grammar Calligraphy exercises
Conversation 1 : What's your family name? (您贵姓)
- Nín
您
guì
贵
xìng?
姓
- Wǒ
我
xìng
姓
Zhāng.
张
- Nǐ
你
jiào
叫
shénme
什么
míngzi?
名字
- Wǒ
我
jiào
叫
Zhāng
张
Jīngshēng.
京生
- Tā
他
xìng
姓
shénme?
什么
- Tā
他
xìng
姓
Wāng.
王
您 nín (pro) you (respectful)
贵 guì (adj) honour
姓 xìng (n) surname
(v) be surnamed
我 wǒ (pro) I, me
张 Zhāng (n) (a surname)
你 nǐ (pro) you
叫 jiào (v) call
什么 shénme (pro) what
名字 míngzi (n) name
京生 Jīngshēng (pro) (a first name)
他 tā (pro) he
王 Wāng (n) (a surname)
Audio file : lesson 04 - dialog 01.mp3
Translation
- What's your (family) name?
- My family name is Zhang.
- What's your first name?
- My first name is Jingsheng.
- What's his family name?
- His family name is Wang.
Conversation 2 : Who is he? (他是谁)
- Tā
他
shì
是
shéi?
谁？
- Tā
他
shì
是
wǒde
我的
lǎoshī.
老师。
- Nǐ
你
rènshi
认识
tā
他
ma?
吗？
- Rènshi,
认识，
tā
他
shì
是
Zhāng
张
lǎoshī
老师
de
的
xuésheng.
学生。
是 shì (v) be
谁 shéi (pro) who
的 de (part) (possessive particle)
我的 wǒde (pro) my
老师 lǎoshī (n) teacher
认识 rènshi (v) know
吗 ma (part) (question particle)
学生 xuésheng (n) student
Audio file : lesson 04 - dialog 02.mp3
Translation
- Who is it (he)?
- He is my teacher.
- Do you know him?
- Yes, he is a student of teacher Zhang.
Conversation 3 : What's your friend's name? (你的朋友叫什么名字？)
- Nǐde
你的
péngyou
朋友
jiào
叫
shénme
什么
míngzi?
名字？
- Tā
他
xìng
姓
Lǐ,
李，
jiào
叫
Lǐ
李
Dàhǎi.
大海。
- Lǐ
李
shì
是
tāde
他的
xìng,
姓，
hǎi
海
shì
是
Shànghǎi
上海
de
的
hǎi.
海。
你的 nǐde (pro) your
朋友 péngyou (n) friend
李 Lǐ (n) (a surname)
大海 Dàhǎi (n) (a first name)
他的 tāde (pro) his
海 hǎi (n) sea
上海 Shànghǎi (n) Shanghai
Audio file : lesson 04 - dialog 03.mp3
Translation
- What is your friend's name?
- His family name is Li, his first name is Dahai.
- Li is his family name, "hai" is the same "hai" than in Shanghai.
Grammar Question with an interrogative pronoun A question with an interrogative pronoun has the same word order as that of a declarative sentence.
Example:
- 他是谁？Who is he?
- 他是我的学生。He is my student.
The interrogative particle 吗 When the interrogative particle 吗 (ma) is added at the end of a declarative sentence, it becomes a question.
Example:
- 你认识他。You know him.
- 你认识他吗？Do you know him?
- 他是老师。He is a teacher.
- 他是老师吗？Is he a teacher?
The possesive particle 的 When used attributively to show possession, a noun usually takes the structural particle 的 (de) after it.
Example:
- 我的老师 my teacher
- 老师的学生teacher's student
Calligraphy exercises

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