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Mandarin Chinese Lesson 35: Why?
她 为什么 去? Why did she go? Tā wèishénme qù? She why go? 你 为什么 没 去过 上海? Why haven’t you been to Shanghai? Nĭ wèishénme méi qùguò Shànghăi? You why not go-been On-the-Sea? 你 为什么 想 学 中国历史? Why would you like to learn about Chinese history? Nĭ wèishénme xiăng xué Zhōngguó lìshĭ? You why like-want study Middle-country history-chronology? 你 为什么 要 回 沈阳? Why will you back to Shenyang? Nĭ wèishénme yào huí Shĕnyáng? You why want-will return Shenyang? 她 为什么 今天 要 回 上海? Why is she going back to Shanghai today? Tā wèishénme jīntiān yào huí Shànghăi? She why today-sky want-will return On-the-Sea? 朱 小姐 为什么 那么 做？ Why did Ms. Zhu do that? Zhū xiăojiĕ wèishénme nàme zuò? Zhu little-big-sister why that do? 你 为什么 不 喜欢 学习 英语? Why don’t you like to study English? Nĭ wèishénme bù xǐhuɑn xuéxí Yīngyŭ? You why not like study English language? |
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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. |