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她是我的汉语老师 She is my Chinese Teacher

她是我的汉语老师 She is my Chinese Teacher
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Dialogue 1 她是我的汉语老师 She is my Chinese Teacher


A: 她是谁?

tā shì sheí

Who is she ?


B: 她是我的汉语老师,她叫李月。

tā shì wǒ de hàn yǔ lǎo shī ,tā jiào lǐ yuè.

She is my Chinese teacher. Her name is lǐ yuè .


New Words

  1. 她 tā pron. she, her

  2. 谁 shéi pron. who. whom

  3. 的 de part. used after an atrribute, similar to the English word "of "

  4. 汉语 hàn yǔ n. Mandarin - Standard Chinese (Lanaguge )






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Dialogue 2 在图书馆 zài tú shū guǎn In the Library

A: 你是哪国人?nǐ shì nǎ guó rén ?

Which country are you from ?


B: 我是美国人,你呢?wǒ shì měi guó rén ,nǐ ne ?

The United States. What about you?


A: 我是中国人。 wǒ shì zhōng guó rén.

I·m Chinese.


New Words

5.哪 nǎ pron. which

6.国 guó n. country,nation

7.呢 ne part. used at the end of sentence to make a question



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Dialogue 3. 看照片 kàn zhào piàn looking at the photo

A: 他是谁? tā shì sheí ?

Who is he ?


B: 他是我同学。tā shì wǒ tóng xué .

He is my classmate.


A: 她呢? 她是你同学吗? tā ne ? tā shì nǐ tóng xué ma ?

What about her ? Is she your classmate ?


B: 她不是我同学,她是我朋友。 tā bú shì wǒ tóng xué ,tā shì wǒ péng yǒu.

No. she isn`t. She is my friend.



New Words:

8. 他 tā pron. he,him

9. 同学 tóng xué n. classmate 同 means same/with, 学 means study, 同学: student who study together with you.

10. 朋友 péng yǒu n. friend


Notes:

  1. 疑问代词 “谁shéi”“哪nǎ ” The interrogative Pronouns “谁shéi”and “哪nǎ ”

The interrogative pronoun “谁” is used to ask about the name or identity of a person.

For example

Subject Verb Object

 

谁 shéi 是shì 李月?lǐ yuè

 

她 shéi 是 shì 谁? shéi

 

他 tā 是 shì 谁? shéi

 

When the interrogative pronoun “哪nǎ” is used in a question, the structure is “哪nǎ” + measure word/noun + noun" . For example :

(1) 哪本 nǎ běn ( ben , a measure word for books)书shū (shu,book)?

(2) 哪个nǎ gè ( ge, a general measure word) 人rén ?

(3) 你是哪国人?nǐ shì nǎ guó rén ?


2. 结构助词“的” The Structure Particle “的de”

The Structure "noun/pronoun + 的de+noun" indicates possession. When the noun following "的"is a term of kindship or indicates a person,“的de” can be omminited. For example:

(1)李月是我的老师。lǐ yuè shì wǒ de lǎo shī

(2)这(zhe,this)是我的书(shu,book)zhè shì wǒ de shū

This is my book.

(3)她不是我的同学,她是我朋友。tā bú shì wǒ de tóng xué ,tā shì wǒ péng yǒu 。

She is not my classmate, she is my friend.


3. 疑问助词“呢”(1)The interrogative Particle “呢”(1)

The interrogative particle“呢”is used after a noun or pronoun. forming a question about the situation mentioned previously. The commonly used sentence pattern is “A......”

(1)我不是老师,我是学生。你呢?wǒ bú shì lǎo shī ,wǒ shì xué shēng 。nǐ ne ?

I`m not a teacher, im a student. How about you ?

(2)她叫李月。他呢?

Her name is lǐ yuè . What about him ?

(3)我是美国人。你呢?wǒ shì měi guó rén 。nǐ ne ?

I`m American. how about you ?

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