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Mandarin Chinese Lesson 59: 成为 Become
他 想 成为 一 名 牙科医生 。 He wants to become a dentist.
Tā xiǎng chéngwéi yī míng yákēyīshēng. He want become one name tooth-field-medicine-born. 他 从 小 就 想 成为 一 名 医生。 Since he was young he has wanted to become a doctor. Tā cóng xiǎo jiù xiǎng chéngwéi yī míng yīshēng. He from little just want become one name medicine-born. 孙 小姐 快 要 成为 一 名 律师 了。 Ms. Sun will soon become a lawyer. Sūn xiǎojiě kuài yào chéngwéi yī míng lǜshī le. Sun little-big sister quick will become one name law-master. 他 想 成为 一 名 军人。 He wants to become a soldier. Tā xiǎng chéngwéi yī míng jūnrén. He want become one-name army-person. 他 长大 想 成为 一 名 飞行员。 He wants to be a pilot when he grows up. Tā zhǎngdà xiǎng chéngwéi yī míng fēixínɡyuán. He long-big want become one name fly-can-employee. 他 想 成为 一 名 警察。 He wants to become a police officer. Tā xiǎng chéngwéi yī míng jǐngchá. He want become one name warn-inspect. 他 想 成为 一 名 邮递员。 He wants to become a postal worker. Tā xiǎng chéngwéi yī míng yóudìyuán. He want become one name mail-hand over-employee. |
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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. |