Lessons 1-10 Mandarin Chinese Lesson 7. 大 小多 Big, Small, Many

Conversation

A 韩国大吗?
   Hánguó dà ma?
   Is Korea big?

B 不大。很小。
   Bù dà. Hĕn xiăo.
   It’s not big. It’s very small.

A 你喜欢韩国吗?
   Nĭ xǐhuɑn Hánguó ma?
   Do you like Korea?

B 马马虎虎。
   Mǎmǎhūhū
   It’s OK.

Example Sentences

韩国 不 大。Korea is not big.
Hánguó bù dà.
Han-country not big.

上海 人 很 多 吗? Does Shanghai have a lot of people?
Shànghǎi rén hěn duō ma?
On-the-sea people very many question?

上海 人 很 多。Shanghai has a lot of people.
Shànghǎi rén hěn duō.
Shanghai people very many.

书店 大 吗? Is the bookstore big?
Shūdiàn dà ma?
Book-shop big question?

书店 不 大。The bookstore is not big.
Shūdiàn bù dà.
Book-shop not big.

书店 很 小。The bookstore is very small.
Shūdiàn hěn xiǎo.
Book-shop very small.

你的 大学 大 吗? Is your university big?
Nǐde dàxué dà ma?
You-of big-study big question?

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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.