她是我的汉语老师 She is my Chinese Teacher
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
她 tā pron. she, her
谁 shéi pron. who. whom
的 de part. used after an atrribute, similar to the English word "of "
汉语 hàn yǔ n. Mandarin - Standard Chinese (Lanaguge )
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
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:
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 ?