learn how to speak Chinese

EXERCISE: SPEECH PATTERNS

1. QUESTIONS WITH INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS:

这是什么呢？这是地图。什么地图？这是亚洲地图。

Zhè shì shénme ne? Zhè shì dìtú. Shénme dìtú? Zhè shì Yàzhōu dìtú. What is this? This is a map. What map? This is a map of Asia.

你的朋友是哪国人呢？她说她是日本人。

Nĭ de péngyou shì nă/něi guó rén ne? Tā shuō tā shì Rìbĕn rén. What is your friend’s nationality? She says she is Japanese.

看，那是什么呢？那是河吧。什么河呢？地图说那是黄河。

Kàn, nà shì shénme ne? Nà shì hé ba. Shénme hé ne? Dìtú shuō nà shì Huánghé. What is that? That should be a river. What river? The map says it is the Yellow river.

你看什么书呢？我看汉语书。

Nĭ kàn shénme shū ne? Wŏ kàn hànyŭ shū. What book are you reading? I’m reading a Chinese book.

谁的大夫说法文呢？我的大夫说法文。他的大夫也说法文。

Shuì/shéi de dàifu shuō Făwén ne? Wŏ de dàifu shuō Făwén. Tā de dàifu yĕ shuō Făwĕn. Whose doctor speaks French? My doctor speaks French. His doctor speaks French, too.

2. THE VERBAL PREDICATE:

你看，那是谁？那是我的汉语老师。

Nĭ kàn, nà shì shuì/shéi? Nà shì wŏ de Hànyŭ lăoshī. (You) look, who is that? That is my Chinese teacher.

你说什么？我说长城很长。

Nĭ shuō shénme? Wŏ shuō Chángchéng hĕn cháng. What do (did) you say? I say the Great Wall is very long.

你看什么地图？我看世界地图。

Nĭ kàn shénme dìtú? Wŏ kàn shìjiè dìtú. What map are you looking at? I’m looking at the map of the World.

他说他不忙，他爸爸很忙。

Tā shuō tā bù máng, tā bàba hĕn máng. He said he was not busy; his father was busy.

你说你是哪国人？我是德国人。我说德文。

Nĭ shuō nĭ shì nă/něi guó rén? Wŏ shì Déguó rén. Wŏ shuō Déwén. What did you say what your nationality is? I’m German. I speak German.