Lessons 1-10 Mandarin Chinese Lesson 30: Come

周 小姐 从 哪里 来? Where does Ms. Zhou come from?
Zhōu xiăojiĕ cóng nǎli lái?
Zhou little-big-sister from which-inside come?

王 小姐 今天 来了。Ms. Wang came toay.
Wáng xiăojiĕ jīntiān lái le.
Wang first-born today-heaven come finished.

学生 没 来。The student did not come.
Xuésheng méi lái.
Study-born not come.

请 来 我的 家里。Please come to my home.
Qĭng lái wŏde jiālĭ.
Please come I-of home-place.

她 想 来 中国。She would like to come to China.
Tā xiăng lái zhōngguó.
She like-want come Middle-country.

她 想 来 北京。She would like to come to Beijing.
Tā xiăng lái Bĕijīng.
She like-want come North-capital.

郑 先生 昨天 来 了。Mr. Zheng came yesterday.
Zhèng xiānsheng zuótiān lái le.
Zheng first-born yesterday-sky come finished.

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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.