Lessons 1-10 Mandarin Chinese Lesson 3 认识 To Know (someone)

Conversation

A 你认识经理吗?
   Nĭ rènshi jīnglĭ ma?
   Do you know the manager?

B 是。
   Shì.
   Yes.

A 他是外国人吗?
   Tā shì wàiguórén ma?
   Is he a foreigner?

B 是。是印度人。
   Shì. shì yìndùrén.
   Yes. He’s an Indian.

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Example Sentences

你 认识 他 吗? Do you know him?
Nǐ rènshi tā ma?
You recognize-know him?

我 认识 你 哥哥。 I know your older brother.
Wǒ rènshi nǐ gēge.
I recognize-know you-of older brother.

你 认识 经理 吗? Do you know the manager?
Nǐ rènshi jīnglǐ ma?
You recognize-know classic-logic question?

我 认识 陈 先生。 I know Mr. Chen.
Wǒ rènshi Chén xiānsheng.
I recognize-know Chen first-born.

他 认识 这位 老师。 He knows the teacher.
Tā rènshi zhèwèi lǎoshī.
He recognize-knows this-place old-master.

你 认识 这位 老师 吗? Do you know the teacher?
Nǐ rènshi zhèwèi lǎoshī ma?
You recognize-know this-pace old master?

你 认识 我的 学生 吗? Do you know my student?
Nǐ rènshi wǒde xuéshēng ma?
You recognize-know I-of study-born question?

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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.