Lessons 1-10 Mandarin Chinese Lesson 15: 想 Would like

Conversation

A 你想说汉语吗?
   nĭ xiăng shuō hànyŭ ma?
   Do you want to speak Mandarin?

B 不想。我很累。
   Bù xiăng. Wŏ hĕn lèi.
   I don’t want to, I am very tired.

A 那我说英语吧。
   Nà wŏ shuō Yīngyŭ ba.
   Then I will speak in English.

B 谢谢你。
   xiè xiè nĭ.
   Thank you.

Example Sentences

陈 先生 不 想 去 咖啡厅。 Mr. Chen does not want to go to the coffee shop.
Chén xiānshēng bù xiăng qù kāfēitīng.
Chen first-born not like-want go coffee-hall.

她 想 去 宾馆。 She would like to go to the hotel.
Tā xiăng qù bīnguăn.
She like-want go guest-house.

周 小姐 想 买 课本。Ms. Zhou would like to buy a textbook.
Zhōu xiăojiĕ xiăng măi kèbĕn.
Zhou little-big-sister like-want buy lesson-source.

她 想 买 词典。She would like to buy a dictionary.
Tā xiăng măi cídiăn.
She like-want buy phrase-collection.

你 想 去 北京 吗? Would you like to go to Beijing?
Nĭ xiăng qù Bĕijīng ma ?
You like-want go North-Capital question?

你 朋友 想 做 什么? What would your friend like to do?
Nĭ péngyŏu xiăng zuò shénme?
You-of friend like-want do what?

我 想 吃 饭 。 I would like to eat.
Wŏ xiăng chī fàn.
I like-want eat rice.

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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.