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    Lesson 1 Dialogue 1

    Grammar

    University of Michigan Flint


    Zhong, Yan
    你好！ (Nǐ hǎo!)
    a common form of greeting
     It can be used to address strangers
    upon first introduction or between old
    acquaintances.
     To respond, simply repeat the same
    greeting.
     请问 (qǐng wèn) is a polite formula to
    be used to get someone’s attention
    before asking a question or making an
    inquiry
     similar to “excuse me, may I please
    ask…” in English.
    小姐 (xiǎojiě): Miss, Young
    Lady
    A word with two third tone syllables. The
    tone sandhi rule applies, thus making
    the first third tone 小 (xiǎo) a second
    tone.
     The second syllable 姐 (jiě) can also
    be pronounced in the neutral tone
    The Verb 姓 (xìng)

     姓 (xìng) is both a noun and a


    transitive verb.
     When it is used as a verb, it must be
    followed by an object.
    A: B:
     What is your  My surname is Li
    surname? (Lit: You  Wǒ xìng Lǐ.
    are surnamed  我姓李。
    what?)
     Nǐ xìng shénme?
     你姓什么？
     姓 (xìng) is usually negated with 不
    (bù).
    A: B:
     Is your family name  My surname is not Li.
    Li?  Wǒ bú xìng Lǐ.
     Nǐ xìng Lǐ ma?  我不姓李。
     你姓李吗 ?
     However, when 姓 (xìng) is used with
    贵 (guì) to form a respectful or polite
    expression to ask for someone’s
    surname, the proper way to inquire and
    to respond is as follows:
    A: B:
     What is your  My surname is
    surname?(Lit: Your Wang.
    honorable surname  Wǒ xìng Wáng.
    is…?)  我姓王。
     Nǐ guì xìng?  Remember to drop
     你贵姓？ the honorific 贵
    (guì) when you
    reply
    Questions Ending with 呢 (ne)

     呢 (ne) often follows a noun or pronoun


    to form a question when the content of
    the question is already clear from the
    context.
    A: B:
     What’s your family  My family name is
    name, please? Li. How about you?
     Qǐng wèn, nǐ guì  Wǒ xìng Lǐ, nǐ ne?
    xìng?  我姓李，你呢？
     请问 , 你贵姓 ?
    A: B:
     What’s your name?  My name is Wang
     Nǐ jiào shénme Peng. How about
    míngzi? you?
     你叫什么名字 ?  Wǒ jiào Wáng Péng,
    nǐ ne?
     我叫王朋，你呢 ?
     When 呢 (ne) is used in this way,
    there must be some context.
     In each of the two examples above, the
    context is provided by the preceding
    sentence, 我姓李 (Wǒ xìng Lǐ) in (1),
    and 我叫王朋 (Wǒ jiào Wáng Péng) in
    (2).
    The Verb 叫 (jiào)

     The verb 叫 (jiào) has several


    meanings.
     It means “to be called” in this lesson.
     Like 姓 (xìng), it must be followed by an
    object, which can be either a full name or
    a given name, but seldom a given name
    that consists only of one syllable.
    A: B:
     What is your name?  My name is Wang
     Nǐ jiào shénme Peng.
    míngzi?  Wǒ jiào Wáng Péng.
     你叫什么名字 ?  我叫王朋。
     叫 (jiào) is usually negated with 不
    (bù).
    A: B:
     Is your name Li  My name is not Li
    Sheng? Sheng.
     No jiào Lǐ Shēng  Wǒ bú jiào Lǐ Shēng.
    ma?  我不叫李生。
     你叫李生吗 ?
    the basic word order in a Chinese sentence :
    Subject + Verb + Object
     The word order remains the same in
    statements and questions.
     Remember that you don’t place the
    question word at the beginning of a
    question as you do in English, unless
    that question word is the subject.
    谢谢

    再见

    University of Michigan Flint


    Zhong, Yan

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