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Dà jiā hǎo. (Hello.)
Wǒ shì Diāo lǎoshī. (I'm teacher Diao.)
Today
we will learn "What's your nationality?"
Nǐ shì nǎguó rén?
Nǐ shì nǎguó rén?
so, we will learn
how to ask and answer your nationality
Nǐ hǎo!
Nǐ hǎo!
Wǒ xìng Smith,
jiào John.
Nǐ ne?
Wǒ jiào Lǐ Wénwén.
Smith xiānshēng,
nǐ shì nǎguó rén?
Wǒ shì Yīngguó rén,
nǐ shì Rìběn rén ma?
Wǒ bú shì Rìběn rén,
wǒ shì Táiwān rén.
Wáng lǎoshī yě shì Táiwān rén ma?
Shì,
Wáng lǎoshī yě shì Táiwān rén.
Xièxie!
Zàijiàn!
Nǐ hǎo!
Nǐ hǎo!
okay, that's a greeting way in Chinese,
it means
hello
Nǐ hǎo!
Wǒ
xìng
Smith,
jiào
John
Nǐ ne?
so,
you want to introduce your name
you can go first with the family name
family name, Smith
Wǒ
xìng
Smith
Wǒ xìng Smith
and then, to say your given name
use "jiào"
Wǒ
jiào
John
Wǒ jiào John.
and all together
Wǒ xìng Smith, jiào John.
Wǒ xìng Smith,
jiào John.
Nǐ ne?
Nǐ ne? And you?
use "Nǐ ne?"
Wǒ
jiào
Lǐ Wénwén.
Wǒ jiào Lǐ Wénwén.
so, after "jiào",
you can put your full name as well
full name
"xìng" is the family name
And "Wénwén"
is you're given name
so you can answer
Wǒ jiào Lǐ Wénwén.
Wǒ jiào Lǐ Wénwén.
Smith xiānshēng,
nǐ shì nǎguó rén?
Smith xiānshēng,
nǐ shì nǎguó rén?
"xiānshēng" is like a title, "Mr.", "Mr."
so, "Smith xiānshēng",
in Chinese, we put the family name first,
and then, the title
so, you should say
Smith xiānshēng
lǎoshī
Diāo lǎoshī
Diāo lǎoshī
Smith xiānshēng
Smith xiānshēng
nǐ shì nǎguó rén?
when you ask someone's nationality,
we use
nǐ
shì
nǎguó
rén
"nǎguó", here means, which country
"rén", people, person
nǐ shì nǎguó rén?
okey, so the answer,
Wǒ
shì
Yīngguó rén
Wǒ shì Yīngguó rén,
so, to answer your nationality,
you can say first with your country name,
and then you put the "rén"
that's answer your nationality,
Yīngguó
Yīngguó
England
"Yīngguó', England
Yīngguó rén
British, British
Yīngguó rén
okey
Wǒ shì Yīngguó rén,
Wǒ shì Yīngguó rén,
I'm British.
nǐ
shì
Rìběn rén
ma
"Rìběn", "Rìběn", Japan
"Rìběn", Japan
"Rìběn rén"
"Rìběn rén", Japanese
Rìběn rén
and "ma", in the end
remember?
"ma", yes or no question
nǐ shì Rìběn rén ma?
Are you a Japanese?
nǐ shì Rìběn rén ma?
the answer,
Wǒ
bú shì
Rìběn rén
Wǒ bú shì Rìběn rén,
wǒ shì
Táiwān rén
wǒ shì
Táiwān rén
"Táiwān", Taiwan
"Táiwān", Taiwan
"Táiwān rén", Taiwanese
"Táiwān rén", Taiwanese
Wáng lǎoshī
yě shì
Táiwān rén ma?
Wáng lǎoshī yě shì Táiwān rén ma?
"lǎoshī", title
Wáng lǎoshī
"Wáng", family name
Wáng lǎoshī
first the family, and then the title
Wáng lǎoshī
yě shì
Táiwān rén ma?
"Táiwān rén", "Táiwān rén", Taiwanese
"Táiwān rén", Taiwanese
"ma", question
"ma", yes or no question
yě shì
yě, also
so, in this sentence
Is teacher *** also a Taiwanese?
Wáng lǎoshī yě shì Táiwān rén ma?
Wáng lǎoshī yě shì Táiwān rén ma?
Shì
Wáng lǎoshī
yě shì
Táiwān rén
Shì
Wáng lǎoshī yě shì Táiwān rén.
so you answer, yes
Teacher *** is also a Taiwanese.
Shì, Wáng lǎoshī yě shì Táiwān rén.
Shì, Wáng lǎoshī yě shì Táiwān rén.
Xièxie!
Xièxie! Thank you
Xièxie!
Zàijiàn!
Zàijiàn!
Bye
先生(xiānshēng)
先生(xiānshēng)
Mr.
Mr.
Mr. Smith
Smith xiānshēng
Smith xiānshēng
人(rén)
人(rén)
people, person
人(rén)
Táiwān rén
Táiwān rén, Taiwanese.
Táiwān rén
哪國人(nǎ guó rén)
哪國人(nǎ guó rén)
from which country?
哪國人(nǎ guó rén), question word
哪國人(nǎ guó rén)
英國人(Yīngguó rén)
英國人(Yīngguó rén)
"Yīngguó", England
"Yīngguó", England
Yīngguó rén, British
Yīngguó rén, British
臺灣人(Táiwān rén)
臺灣人(Táiwān rén)
"Táiwān", Taiwan
"Táiwān", Taiwan
"Táiwān rén", Taiwanese
"Táiwān rén", Taiwanese
Wǒ shì Táiwān rén.
日本人(Rìběn rén)
日本人(Rìběn rén)
"Rìběn", Japan
"Rìběn", Japan
"Rìběn rén", Japanese
"Rìběn rén", Japanese
Wǒ
bú shì
Rìběn rén
Wǒ bú shì Rìběn rén
中國人(Zhōngguó rén)
中國人(Zhōngguó rén)
"Zhōngguó", China
"Zhōngguó", China
"Zhōngguó rén", Chinese
"Zhōngguó rén", Chinese
Wáng lǎoshī shì Zhōngguó rén ma?
Wáng lǎoshī shì Zhōngguó rén ma?
也(yě)
也(yě)
also
Nǐ shì Zhōngguó rén
Wǒ yě shì Táiwān rén
Nǐ shì Zhōngguó rén
Wǒ yě shì Táiwān rén
Nǐ shì xuésheng
Wǒ yě shì xuésheng
Nǐ shì xuésheng
Wǒ yě shì xuésheng
Nǐ hǎo!
Nǐ hǎo!
Wǒ xìng Smith, jiào John. Nǐ ne?
Wǒ jiào Lǐ Wénwén.
Smith xiānshēng,
nǐ shì nǎguó rén?
Wǒ shì Yīngguó rén,
nǐ shì Rìběn rén ma?
Wǒ bú shì Rìběn rén,
wǒ shì Táiwān rén.
Wáng lǎoshī yě shì Táiwān rén ma?
Shì, Wáng lǎoshī yě shì Táiwān rén.
Xièxie! Zàijiàn!
Thank you for your listening
Zàijiàn!