Lesson 06 - City, Native Place
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Learn how to ask and answer "where are you from" in mandarin chinese.
Vocabulary : chinese cities, places.
Vocabulary : chinese cities, places.
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Lesson 06 - City, Native Place
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Learn how to ask and answer "where are you from" in mandarin chinese.
Vocabulary : chinese cities, places. Conversation 1 : What country is this?
Translation- What country is this?
- This is China.
- Is that Taiwan?
- That is not Taiwan, that is Hainan Island.
Conversation 2 : What part of China is it?
Translation- What part of China is it?
- This is Peking (Beijing).
- What place are you going?
- I go to Shanghai. Where are you going?
- I go to Nanjing.
Conversation 3 : Where are you from?
Translation- Where are you from? ( What place are you the people of )
- Hong Kong ( Honk Kong people ). Where are you from?
- Xi'an ( Xi'an people ). Is Hong Kong big?
- No ( not big ), very small, but a lot of people ( people are numerous ).
GrammarThe structural particle 的 (de)When a noun is used to modify another noun, it usually doesn't take 的 after it.Example:
- 中国 人 : Chinese (people of China), instead of 中国的人.
- 北京 人 : Pekingese, Beijingese
Phrase structureWhen an adjective is used as a predicate, the verb "to be" is not used.Example:
- 香港 不 大 : Hong Konk is not big
- 北京 很 大 : Peking is very big
Exercises : Substitution DrillsExercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
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