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Complete Mandarin Chinese - Lesson 2 Flashcards

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Grammar Shì

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Used much less in Chinese. Mostly found in A=B sentences: Lǐ taìtai shì nǐ péngyou - Mrs Li is your friend To test whether shì has been used correctly, turn the sentence round and see if it still makes sense: Nǐ péngyou shì Lǐ taìtai - your friend is Mrs Li Shi is unstressed unless the speaker wishes to emphasize it

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Grammar Personal Pronouns They, them

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tāmen

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Vocab No thanks. Idon’t drink alcohol What about an orange juice then? Fine thank you

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Xièxie, wǒ bú huì hē jiǔ Nàme, júzizhī hǎo ma? Hǎo, xièxie nín

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Vocab 1

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yī

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Vocab 11

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shíyī

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Vocab particle indicating suggestion

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ba

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Vocab Mrs, wife

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tàitai

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Grammar Huì

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One of several auxillary verbs expressing ‘to be able to, can’ Conveys the idea of knowing how to or having learned it. For example: Wǒ huì Yingwén - I know (how to speak) English It’s other meaning is to express the possibility that something will happen in the future: Tā huì lái - he will come

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Vocab to know, recognize

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rènshi

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Vocab How do you do Mr King? I’m very pleased to meet you

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Wáng xiānsheng, nín hǎo. Rènshi nín, wǒ zhēn gāoxìng

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Vocab 14

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shísí

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Exercises Rearrange the words the mean: Hē wǒ xǐhuan hěn jiǔ (I adore drinking)

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Wǒ hěn xǐhuan hē jiǔ

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Vocab to be

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shì

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Grammar Nín

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The polite form of nǐ. Not used frequently. Used to indicate respect eg when addressing one’s elders and betters. Not used in the plural

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Grammar Personal Pronouns I, me

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men

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Vocab 17

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shíqī

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Grammar Topic construction

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The Chinese are very fond of this construction. Consists of stating when you are going to talk about first then stating your view or reaction to it: Topic: Rènshi nín Reaction: wǒ zhēn gāoxìng

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Vocab 10

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shí

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Vocab to know how, can, will

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huì

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Grammar Personal Pronouns we, us

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wǒ

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Vocab happy

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gāoxìng

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Vocab 6

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liù

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Exercises Rearrange the words the mean: Bù hē sì huì bēi pútáojiǔ nín (you won’t drink four glasses of wine)

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Nín bù huì hē sì bēi pútáojiǔ

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Vocab Wine

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pútáojiǔ

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Grammar Measure words

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Used between a number and its noun. Different measure words are used with different categories of noun. For example běn is used for books and magazines. Zhāng is used for rectangular, flat objects such as tables, beds, maps but isn’t a true measure of length or anything else. Some measure words like bēi are actual indicators of quantity The noun accompanying the measure word is often omitted when it is clear from the context what this is eg wǒ hē yi bēi (omitting jiǔ)

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Vocab 3

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sān

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Grammar Personal Pronouns you (polite)

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nín

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Grammar Personal Pronouns he, she, it

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tā

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Vocab question particle

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ma

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Vocab this

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zhè

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Vocab 9

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jiǔ

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Vocab 15

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shíwǔ

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Vocab My King, this is my wife, Zhou Dejin

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Wáng xiānsheng, zhè shì wǒ tàitai, Zhōu Déjīn

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Vocab 13

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shísān

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Vocab really, true, real

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zhēn

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Vocab 20

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èrshí

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Vocab cup(ful)

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bēi

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Vocab question particle

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ne

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Grammar Personal Pronouns You (plural)

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nǐmen

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Grammar Ma

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The addition of ma at the end of a sentence makes it into a question. For example: Júzizhī hǎo - orange juice is good Júzizhī hǎo ma? - is orange juice good?

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Vocab 0

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líng

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Grammar Ba

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Placed after a verb or phrase to denote a suggestion or to ask for a confirmation of a supposition: Hǎo ba - is that all right then

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Vocab 2

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èr

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Grammar Personal Pronouns you (singular)

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nǐ.

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Vocab you (polite form)

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nín

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Vocab 19

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shíjiǔ

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Exercises Rearrange the words the mean: Wǒ tàitai zhè shì Wáng xiānsheng (Mr King, this is my wife)

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Wáng xiānsheng zhè shì wǒ tàitai

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Vocab 99

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jiǔshíjiǔ

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Vocab 7

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qī

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Vocab 12

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shí’èr

51
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Vocab orange juice

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júzi-zhī

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Vocab 30

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sānshí

53
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Vocab alcohol

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jiǔ

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Vocab 8

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bā

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Vocab 18

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shíbā

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Vocab How do you do Mrs Li?

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Lǐ tàitai, nín hǎo

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Vocab Please sit down, How about a drink? Thanks, I’ll have one What about you Mrs Li?

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Qǐng zuò. Hē yi bēi jiǔ ba Xièxie, Lǐ tàitai ne?

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Vocab 16

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shíliù

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Vocab 65

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liùshíwǔ

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Exercises Rearrange the words the mean: Yi bēi hē huì wǒ jiǔ (I can drink a little alcohol)

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Wǒ huì hē yi bēi jiǔ

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Vocab 4

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sì

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Vocab 5

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wǔ

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Grammar Ne

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When the same question is put to two or more people consecutively, ne is usually used to replace the question that has been put the the first person

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Vocab one

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yī

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