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2013年7月14日星期日

Personal Pronouns





Personal Pronouns are very import part of Chinese Grammar. When the learn start to study Chinese, the Personal Pronouns always appear in basic conversation. To Compare with English Grammar, very straightforward and have the same form regardless of being subject, object, indirect object, etc



There are two groups of personal pronouns, which are singular Personal Pronouns and Plural Personal Pronouns



Singular Personal Pronouns




In English personal pronouns are (I, you, he, she, it,), and (me, you, him, her, it,), In Mandarin, the personal pronouns are :  (wo ), (ni ),(ta), 她(ta,(ta),和它(ta

(wo )I and Me
Example:我叫Dora  (subject)
Pinyin: wo jiao Dora
English:  I am Dora


Example:  他喜欢我   (Object)
Pinyin:  ta yihuan wo

English:  He like me




(ni ): you
Example: 你是哪国人?  (subject)
Pinyin:  ni shi na guo ren ?

English: What is your nationality?


Example:  我爱你 Object
Pinyin:  wo ai ni
English: I love you



他(ta: he and him
Example:  他是男孩 subject
Pinyin:   ta shi nan hai
English:  He is a boy



Example: 我认识他 Object
Pinyin:  wo ren shi ta
English: I know him very well




她(ta : She and her
Example:  她是女孩
Pinyin : ta shi nv hai
English: She is a girl



Example: 我在教她汉语
Pinyin:  wo zai jiao ta hanyu
English: I am teaching her Chinese.


它(ta: it – no human
Example: 它是一个梦.
Pinyin: ta shi yi ge meng
English: it is just a dream


Plural Personal Pronouns


As stated above, plurals are made by adding the ending 们(men



我们 ( women)  we and us

Example: 我们是同学

Pinyin: women  shi  tongxue 

English: We are classmates.



你们 (nimen)  you

Example:  你们找到工作了吗?

Pinyin: ni men zhao dao gong zuo le ma?

English:  Do you find jobs?



他们tamen they and them

Example:  他们去上学了

Pinyin:  ta men qu shang xue le

English: They go to school.

2013年6月25日星期二

Introduce yourself (介绍自己)



I am..

I am called…

Nice to meet you

Nice to meet you, too

When you stay in China, you can meet many new friends or colleagues. How to let them know who you are?  How to express yourself in Chinese? there are many ways to do that, however, here I would like to share with you two simple and easy ways.

You can start from the phrase : 我是” or “我叫” + [ Your Name ]


I am Dora (my name)

The Phrase
Dora
Pinyin
Wo shi Dora
Grammar
Subject ()+ Verb ()+ Noun(Dora)

Words:
我: I
是: to be

There is another way to express by using “” instead of “
I am called Dora 



The Phrase
Dora
Pinyin
Wo jiao Dora
Grammar
Subject ()+ Verb ()+ Noun(Dora)


Words:
叫:to be called.

Nice to meet you

The Phrase
很高兴认识你
Pinyin
Hen Gao Xing ren shi ni
Grammar
Adv (很高兴)+ Verb (认识)+ object()


How to reply? You can use the word “” which is inserted the above sentence.

Nice to meet you,too

The Phrase
(我)也很高兴认识你
Pinyin
Hen Gao Xing ren shi ni
Grammar
Adv (很高兴)+ Verb (认识)+ object()

2013年6月10日星期一

Hello, How are you

您好 and 你好


- “您”is a more polite form of “你”。 
-  It is usually used for seniors or people of an older generation or a higher rank. 
-  It can also be used for people of same age in order to sound more formal and polite.






Pinyin
Chinese
The same meaning in English
Nin Hao

您好
How are you
Ni hao 

你好
How are you