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Mandarin Chinese Lesson 14: 请问 Excuse me
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A 请问, 大使馆 在 哪里?
qĭngwèn dàshĭguăn zài nălĭ? Excuse me, where is the embassy? B 在三环路。 zài sān huán lù. It’s on the Third Ring Road. A 远吗? yuăn ma? Is it far from here? B 我不知道。 wŏ bù zhīdào. I don’t know. Example Sentences 请问, 你 要 去 书店 吗? Excuse me, are you going to the bookstore? Qǐngwèn, nǐ yào qù shūdiàn ma? Please-ask, you want go bookshop question? 请问, 书店 在 哪里? Excuse me, where is the bookstore? Qǐngwèn, shūdiàn zài nǎli? Please-ask, bookship is which-inside? 请问, 地铁 站 在 哪里? Excuse me, where is the subway station? Qǐngwèn, dìtiě zhàn zài nǎli? Please-ask, earth-iron stand is which-inside? 请问, 你的 经理 在 哪里? Excuse me, where is your manager? Qǐngwèn, nǐde jīnglǐ zài nǎli? Please-ask, you-of classic-logic is which-inside? 请问, 陈 先生 在 哪里? Excuse me, where is Mr. Chen? Qǐngwèn, Chén xiānsheng zài nǎli? Please-ask, Chen first-born is which-inside? 请问, 邮局 在 哪里? Excuse me, where is the post office? Qǐngwèn, yóujú zài nǎli? Please-ask, letter-office is which-inside? 请问, 你 有 手机 吗？ Excuse me, do you have a cell phone? Qǐngwèn, nǐ yǒu shǒujī ma? Please-ask, you have hand-machine question? >> Download this as a PDF (right click to save) |
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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. |