Conversation 1 : What's your family name? (您贵姓)
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Nín您
guì贵
xìng?姓
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Wǒ我
xìng姓
Zhāng.张
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Nǐ你
jiào叫
shénme什么
míngzi?名字
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Wǒ我
jiào叫
Zhāng张
Jīngshēng.京生
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Tā他
xìng姓
shénme?什么
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Tā他
xìng姓
Wāng.王
您 nín (pro) you (respectful)
贵 guì (adj) honour
姓 xìng (n) surname
(v) be surnamed
我 wǒ (pro) I, me
张 Zhāng (n) (a surname)
你 nǐ (pro) you
叫 jiào (v) call
什么 shénme (pro) what
名字 míngzi (n) name
京生 Jīngshēng (pro) (a first name)
他 tā (pro) he
王 Wāng (n) (a surname)
Translation
- What's your (family) name?
- My family name is Zhang.
- What's your first name?
- My first name is Jingsheng.
- What's his family name?
- His family name is Wang.
Conversation 2 : Who is he? (他是谁)
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Tā他
shì是
shéi?谁?
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Tā他
shì是
wǒde我的
lǎoshī.老师。
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Nǐ你
rènshi认识
tā他
ma?吗?
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Rènshi,认识,
tā他
shì是
Zhāng张
lǎoshī老师
de的
xuésheng.学生。
是 shì (v) be
谁 shéi (pro) who
的 de (part) (possessive particle)
我的 wǒde (pro) my
老师 lǎoshī (n) teacher
认识 rènshi (v) know
吗 ma (part) (question particle)
学生 xuésheng (n) student
Translation
- Who is it (he)?
- He is my teacher.
- Do you know him?
- Yes, he is a student of teacher Zhang.
Conversation 3 : What's your friend's name? (你的朋友叫什么名字?)
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Nǐde你的
péngyou朋友
jiào叫
shénme什么
míngzi?名字?
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Tā他
xìng姓
Lǐ,李,
jiào叫
Lǐ李
Dàhǎi.大海。
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Lǐ李
shì是
tāde他的
xìng,姓,
hǎi海
shì是
Shànghǎi上海
de的
hǎi.海。
你的 nǐde (pro) your
朋友 péngyou (n) friend
李 Lǐ (n) (a surname)
大海 Dàhǎi (n) (a first name)
他的 tāde (pro) his
海 hǎi (n) sea
上海 Shànghǎi (n) Shanghai
Translation
- What is your friend's name?
- His family name is Li, his first name is Dahai.
- Li is his family name, "hai" is the same "hai" than in Shanghai.
Grammar
Question with an interrogative pronoun
A question with an interrogative pronoun has the same word order as that of a declarative sentence.
Example:
- 他是谁?Who is he?
- 他是我的学生。He is my student.
The interrogative particle 吗
When the interrogative particle 吗 (ma) is added at the end of a declarative sentence, it becomes a question.
Example:
- 你认识他。You know him.
- 你认识他吗?Do you know him?
- 他是老师。He is a teacher.
- 他是老师吗?Is he a teacher?
The possesive particle 的
When used attributively to show possession, a noun usually takes the structural particle 的 (de) after it.
Example:
- 我的老师 my teacher
- 老师的学生teacher's student
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您 贵 姓 我 张 叫 什 么 名 字 京 生 他 王 是 谁 的 老 师 认 识 吗 学 朋 友 李 大 海 上
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