Lessons 1-10 Mandrin Chinese Lesson 10 这 This

Conversation

A 这是你的雨伞吗?
   Zhè shì nĭde yǔsǎn ma ?
   Is this your umbrella?

B 不是, 是他的。
   Bù shì, shì tāde
   No it isn’t, it’s his.

A 你的雨伞在哪里?
   Nĭde yǔsǎn zài nǎli?
   Where is your umbrella?

B 在办公室。
   Zài bàngōngshì.
   At the office.

Example Sentences

这 是 手机。 This is a cell phone.
Zhè shì shǒujī.
This is hand-machine.

这 是 我的 雨伞。This is my umbrella.
Zhè shì wǒde yǔsǎn.
This is I-of rain-umbrella.

这 是 杨 先生的 雨伞。This is Mr. Yang's umbrella.
Zhè shì Yáng xiānsheng de yǔsǎn.
This is Yang first-born-of rain-umbrella.

这 是 我的 词典。This is my dictionary.
Zhè shì wǒde cídiǎn.
This is I-of expression collection.

这 是 我的 护照。This is my passport.
Zhè shì wǒde hùzhào.
This is I-of protect-photograph.

这 是 王 小姐的 护照。This is Ms. Wang's passport.
Zhè shì Wáng xiǎojiede hùzhào.
This is Wang little-big-sister protect-photograph.

这 是 地图。This is a map.
Zhè shì dìtú.
This is earth-diagram.

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Mandarin is a tone language--that is, different pitch patterns actually distinguish one word from another. Mandarin has no irregular verbs or noun plurals to learn, because words have only a single form. Because Mandarin is completely unrelated to any European language, you may think it might be difficult to develop your vocabulary. However, it really is not that difficult. Why? The reason is that the meanings of many words consisting of two or more characters can be inferred from the meanings of the characters or even the roots of individual characters. So, your vocabulary can rapidly expand when you have grasped the basic characters and character roots.