Friday, February 11, 2011

Chinese language in 25 days.... !!!! (Day 1)

菜鸟1 Basic Greetings
A: 你好吗?
Nǐ hǎo ma?
How are you?
B: (我)很好,谢谢。
Wǒ hěn hǎo , xiè xie .
Very well, thank you / Fine.
A: 你是中国人吗?
Nǐ shì zhōng guó rén ma ?
Are you Chinese?
B: 不是,我是美国人。
Bú shì , wǒ shì měi guó rén .
No, I’m American.
Key Vocabulary
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菜鸟2 Where are you from?
A: 他是美国人吗?
Tā shì měi guó rén ma?
Is he American?
B: 不是,他是英国人。
Bú shì,tā shì yīng guó rēn.
No, He’s English.
A: 他很忙吗?
Tā hěn máng ma?
Is he very busy?
B: 对,他很忙。
Duì,tā hěn máng.
Yes, he’s very busy.
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菜鸟3 Where are you Going?
A: 王先生,你好吗?
Wáng xiān sheng, nǐ hǎo ma?
Mr. Wang, how are you?
B: 我很好,李小姐,你呢?
Wǒ hěn hǎo, lǐ xiǎo jie. Nǐne?
I’m fi ne, Miss Li. And you?
A: 我也很好,你去哪里?
Wǒ yě hěn hǎo, nǐ qù nǎ li?
I’m fi ne too. Where are you going?
B: 我去学校。
Wǒqùxuéxiào.
I’m going to school.
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菜鸟4 How are you feeling?
A: 你今天好吗?
Nǐ jīn tiān hǎo ma ?
How are you today?
B: 很好,谢谢。你呢?
Hěn hǎo , xiè xie . Nǐ ne ?
Very well. And you?
A: 马马虎虎。 我今天很累。
Mǎ mǎ hū hū . Wǒ jīn tiān hěn lèi .
So-so. Today, I am very tired.
B: 真的吗?为什么?
Zhēn de ma ? Weì shén me ?
Really? Why?
A: 因为我很忙。
Yīn wéi wǒ hěn máng .
Because I am very busy.
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菜鸟5 More emotions and their explanations
A: 朱小姐,你好。
Zhū xiǎo jie,nǐ hǎo.
How are you Miss Zhu?
B: 你好。
Nǐ hǎo.
Hi/Hello.
A: 你昨天去哪里?
Nǐ zuó tiān qù nǎ li?
Where did you go yesterday?
B: 我昨天去学校。
Wǒ zuó tiān qù xué xiào.
I went to the school yesterday.
A: 你昨天开心吗?
Nǐ zuó tiān kāi xīn ma?
Were you happy yesterday?
B: 不,我昨天很难过。
Bù, Wǒ zuó tiān hěn nán guò.
No. I was very upset yesterday.
A: 真的吗?为什么?
Zhēn de ma? wèi shén me?
Really? Why?
B: 对不起我不能说。
Duì bù qǐ wǒ bù néng shuō.
I can’t say/I can’t tell you.
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