  Lesson 04 - Surname, First Name
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Learn how to introduce your self in Chinese, to tell your first name and family name.
Vocabulary : What's your name? Who is it? Conversation 1 : What's your family name? (您贵姓)
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)
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？)
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. GrammarQuestion with an interrogative pronounA 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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