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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您 贵 姓 我 张 叫 什 么 名 字 京 生 他 王 是 谁 的 老 师 认 识 吗 学 朋 友 李 大 海 上
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