Lessons 1-10 Mandarin Chinese Lesson 39: 有名 Famous

吳宇森 是 很 有名 的 导演。 John Woo is a very famous film director.
Wú Yŭsēn shì hĕn yŏumíng de  dăoyăn.
Wu Yusen is very have-name direct-perform.

成龙 在 西方 很 有名。 Jackie Chan is very famous in the West.
Chéng Lóng zài Xīfāng hĕn yŏumíng. 
Cheng Long at west-direction very has-name.

《道德经》 是 一 本 有名 的 书。 The Daodejing is a very famous book.
Dàodéjīng shì yī bĕn yŏumíng de shū.
Direction-virtue-classic is one source have-name-of book.

《道德经》 在 美国 是 一 本 很 有名 的 书。 The Daodejing is a very famous book in America.
Dàodéjīng zài Mĕiguó shì yī bĕn hĕn yŏumíng de shū.
Direction-virtue-classic in Beautiful-country is very has-name-of book.

《孙子兵法》在 西方 是 很 有名 的。 The Art of War is very famous in the West.
Sūnzi Bīngfă zài Xīfāng shì hĕn yŏu míng de.
Sun-zu Army-law at West-direction is very have-name.

姚明 很 有名。 Yao Ming is very famous.
Yáo Míng hĕn yŏumíng.
Yao ming very has-name.  

《西游记》 在 西方 不 出名。 The Journey to the West is not famous in the West.
Xīyóujì zài Xīfāng bù chūmíng.
West-roam-record at West-direction not exit-name.

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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.