Lessons 1-10 Mandarin Chinese Lesson 19: 有意思 Interesting

这 本 小说 没 有 意思。This novel is not interesting.
Zhè bĕn xiăoshuō méi yǒu yìsi.
This one small-talk not have interest.

学 汉语 很 有 意思。Studying Mandarin is very interesting.
Xué Hànyŭ hĕn yǒu yìsi.
Study Han language has interest.

你的 朋友 很 有 意思。Your friend is very interesting.
Nĭde péngyŏu hĕn yǒu yìsi.
You-of friend very has interest.

中国文化 很 有 意思。Chinese culture is very interesting.
Zhōngguó wénhuà hĕn yǒu yìsi.
Middle-country culture-transformation very has interest.

美国 文化 很 有 意思。American culture is very interesting.
Mĕiguó wénhuà hĕn yǒu yìsi
Beautiful-country culture-transformation very has interest.

法国 文学 很 有 意思。French literature is very interesting.
Făguó wénxué hĕn yǒu yìsi.
French-country writing-study very has interest.

俄罗斯 文学 很 有 意思。Russian literature is very interesting.
éluósī wénxué hĕn yǒu yìsi.
Russia writing-study very has interest.

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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.