Lessons 1-10 Mandarin Chinese Lesson 2 喜欢 I like…

Conversation

A 你喜欢中餐吗?
   Nĭ xǐhuɑn Zhōngcān ma?
   Do you like Chinese food?

B 是。我很喜欢。
   Shì. Wŏ hĕn xǐhuɑn.
   Yes. I really like it.

A 你喜欢韩国料理吗?
   Nĭ xǐhuɑn Hánguó liàolĭ ma?
   Do you like Korean food?

B 我也很喜欢。
   Wŏ yĕ hĕn xǐhuɑn.
   Yes, I really like it, too.

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Example Sentences

我 不 喜欢 茶。I don't like tea.
Wǒ bù xǐhuɑn chá.
I not like-pleased tea.

你 喜欢 你 同事 吗? Do you like your coworkers?
Nǐ xǐhuɑn nǐ tóngshì ma?
You like-pleased you same-affairs-plural question?

我 很 喜欢 我 同事。I really like my coworkers.
Wǒ hěn xǐhuɑn wǒ tóngshì.
I very like-pleased I same-affairs-plural.

他 喜欢 这本 书。He likes this book.
Tā xǐhuɑn zhèběn shū.
He likes-pleased this-origin book.

你 喜欢 我 朋友 吗? Do you like my friend?
Nǐ xǐhuɑn wǒ péngyou ma?
You like I friend question?

你 喜欢 学校 吗? Do you like school?
Nǐ xǐhuɑn xuéxiào ma?
You like-pleased study-school question?

学生 不 喜欢 学校。The students don't like school.
Xuéshēng bù xǐhuɑn xuéxiào.
Study-born not like-pleased study-school.

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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.