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Mandarin Chinese Lesson 20: Work
王 小姐 的 工作 是 什么? What is Ms. Wang's job? Wáng xiăojiĕde gōngzuò shì shénme? Wang little-big-sister-of work is what? 周 小姐 在 哪里 工作? Where does Ms. Zhou work? Zhōu xiăojiĕ zài nǎli gōngzuò? Zhou little-big-sister at which-inside work? 你 喜欢 你的 工作 吗? Do you like your work? Nĭ xǐhuɑn nĭde gōngzuò ma? You like you-of work question? 你的 工作 难 吗? Is your work difficult? Nĭde gōngzuò nán ma? You-of work difficult question? 我的 工作 不 难。 My work is not difficult. Wŏde gōngzuò bù nán. I-of work not difficult. 他的 工作 不 难。His work is not difficult. Tāde gōngzuò bù nán. He-of work not difficult. 你的 工作 有趣 吗? Is your work interesting? Nĭde gōngzuò yŏuqù ma? You-of work has interest 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. |