朋友 : 你好！你也是中国人吧？ Friend: How do you do. Are you also Chinese?
Yĭ: Wŏ bàba shì Zhōngguó rén, wŏ māma shì Mĕiguó rén, wŏ shì Mĕiguó huárén. Nĭ shì nă/něi guó rén? 乙： 我爸爸是中国人，我妈妈是美国人，我是美国华人。你是哪国人？ B : My dad is Chinese. My mom is American. I'm a Chinese American. What is your nationality?
Péngyou: Wŏ shì Zhōngguó rén.
朋友 ：我是中国人。 Friend: I am Chinese.
Jiă: Tā shì wŏ de Hànyŭ lăoshī.
甲： 他是我的汉语老师。 A : He is my Chinese teacher.
Yĭ: Wŏ bàba yĕ shì Hànyŭ lăoshī.
乙： 我爸爸也是汉语老师。 B : My dad is also a teacher of Chinese.
Tā shì wǒ bàba. Wǒ bàba shì wŏ de péngyou, yě shì wǒ de hànyǔ lăoshī.
Zhè shì tā de hànyǔ shū. Wǒ bàba shì Zhōngguó rén, wǒ māma bú shì Zhōngguó rén. Tā shì Mĕiguó rén. Wǒ māma bú shì lăoshī. Tā shì dàifu. Tā hĕn máng.
Nà shì shuí/shéi de chē?
Nà shì wǒ māma de chē. Zhè shì wŏ de chē. Wŏ de chē shì Rìbĕn chē. Wǒ māma de chē shì Déguó chē. Wŏ de chē hăo, Wŏ māma de chē yě hăo. Women de chē dōu hĕn hăo.
He is my dad. My dad is my friend, and (he is) also my Chinese teacher. This is his Chinese book. My dad is Chinese. My mom isn’t. She is American.My mom is not a teacher. She is a doctor. She is busy.
Whose car is that?
That’s my mom’s car. This is my car. Mine is a Japanese car. My mom’s car is a German car. My car is good. My mom’s car is also good. Our cars are both good. Grammar
1. Place names as attributives:
Copyright 2007~2008 cchello.com www.cchello.com Names of countries, regions, cities, etc. may serve unchanged
as attributives. For example:
日本车 Rìbĕn chē Japanese car
德国人 Déguó rén German person
When a place name functions as an attributive modifying a noun
or a noun phrase, “的” is not needed to mark the connection.
2. Languages as attributives:
Names of languages can also serve unchanged as attributives.
The same as with place names, there is no need to have a “的”
to mark the subordination, when a name of a language functions
as a modifier.
法文老师 Făwén lăoshī teacher of French
汉语书 Hànyŭ shū Chinese book
3. The interrogative particle 吧:
Copyright 2007~2008 cchello.com www.cchello.com “吧” accompanies suggestions. It is used to form questions, which
ask for confirmation of a supposition:
你是美国人吧？ Nĭ shì Mĕiguó rén ba? You are American (I suppose)?
这不是你的书吧？Zhè bú shì nĭ de shū ba? This is not your book (I suppose)?
4. Specific questions with interrogative pronouns:
Unlike in English, Chinese questions that use interrogative pronouns
do not entail inversion of the word order. The interrogative pronoun
occupies the same slot as the information sought does in the reply.
For example:
Q: 他是谁？ Tā shì shéi/shuí? Who is he?
A: 他是大夫. Tā shì dàifu. He is a doctor.
Q: 那是谁的书？ Nà shì shéi/shuí de shū? Whose book is that?
A: 那是我的书。 Nà shì wŏ de shū. That is my book.
Q: 这是哪国车？ Zhè shì nă/něi guó chē? Which country’s car is this?
A: 这是德国车。 Zhè shì Déguó chē? This is a German car.
