Lessons 1-10 Mandarin Chinese Lesson 58: 富有 Rich / 贫穷 Poor

听说 吴 小姐 的 家庭 很 富有。 I heard that Ms. Wu's family is very rich.
Tīngshuō Wú xiǎojiě de jiātínɡ hěn fùyǒu.
Listen-hear Wu little-big-sister family-household very wealth-have.

她 看起来 很 富有。 She appears to be really rich.
Tā kànqǐlái hěn fùyǒu.
She look-arise-come very wealth-have.

他 是 一个 富有 的 人。 He is a rich person.
Tā shì yígè fùyǒu de rén.
He is one wealth-have of person.

听说 黃 小姐 现在 十分 贫穷。 I've heard that Ms. Huang is now extremely poor.
Tīngshuō Huáng xiǎojiě xiànzài shífēn pínqióng.
Listen-hear Huang little-big-sister now ten-parts poor-exhausted.

我 家 不 是 很 富有。 My family is not very rich.
Wǒ jiā bú shì hěn fùyǒu.
I house not is very wealth-have.

有些 人 很 贫穷。 Some people are very poor.
Yǒuxiē rén hěn pínqióng.
Have-some person very poor-exhausted.

我 的 生活 很 贫穷。 My life is very poor.
Wǒ de shēnghuó hěn pínqióng.
I of life-living very poor-exhausted.

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