Lessons 1-10 Mandarin Chinese Lesson 23: See

他 要 去 看 老师。He is going to see the teacher.
Tā yào qù kàn lǎoshī.
He want go see old-master.

你 喜欢 看 电视 吗? Do you like to watch TV?
Nǐ xǐhuan kàn diànshì ma?
You like see electric-look question?

我 不 喜欢 看 电视。I don't like to watch TV.
Wǒ bù xǐhuan kàn diànshì.
I not like see electric-look.

他 喜欢 看 足球。He likes to watch soccer.
Tā xǐhuan kàn zúqiú.
He like see football.

他 喜欢 看 足球 吗? Do you like to watch soccer?
Nǐ xǐhuan kàn zúqiú ma?
You like see football question?

我的 弟弟 喜欢 看 篮球。My little brother likes to watch basketball.
Wǒde dìdi xǐhuan kàn lánqiú.
I-of little brother like see basket-ball.

王 小姐 喜欢 看 篮球。Ms. Wang likes to watch basketball.
Wáng xiǎojiě xǐhuan kàn lánqiú.
Wang little-big-sister like see basketball.

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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.