Lessons 1-10 Mandarin Chinese Lesson 8 说 Speak

Conversation

A 周小姐的韓语说得很好。
   Zhōu xiăojiĕde Hányŭ shuōde hĕn hăo.
   Ms. Zhou speaks Korean very well.

B 是的, 她在韩国住过三年。
   Shìde. Tā zài Hánguó zhùguò sān nián.
   Yes, she lived in Korea for three years.

A 我韓语说得不太好。
   wŏ Hányŭ shuōde bù tài hăo.
   I don’t speak Korean very well.

B 我也说得不太好。
   wŏ yĕ shuōde bù tài hăo.
   I also don’t speak it very well.

Example Sentences

我 同事的 普通话 说得 很 好。My coworker speaks Mandarin really well.
Wǒ tóngshìde pǔtōnghuà shuōde hěn hǎo.
I same-affairs common-dialect speak very well.

他的 英语 说得 很 好。He speaks English really well.
Tāde yīngyǔ shuōde hěn hǎo.
He English-language speak really well.

他 经理的 韓语 说得 不 太 好。His manager doesn't speak Korean very well.
Tā jīnglǐde hányǔ shuōde bù tài hǎo.
He classic-logic Han-language speak not too well.

陈 先生的 英语 说得 不 好。Mr. Chen doesn't speak English well.
Chén xiānshengde Yīngyǔ shuōde bù hǎo.
Chen first-born English speak not well.

我 同事的 日语 说得 很 好。My coworker speaks Japanese very well.
Wǒ tóngshìde Rìyǔ shuōde hěn hǎo.
I same affairs Japanese language speak very well.

我 朋友的 日语 说得 不 太 好。My friend doesn't speak Japanese very well.
Wǒ péngyoude Rìyǔ shuōde bù tài hǎo.
I friend Japanese language speak not too well.

杨 先生的 日语 说得 不 太 好。Mr. Yang does not speak Japanese very well.
Yáng xiānsheng Rìyǔ shuōde bù tài hǎo.
Yang first-born Japanese speak not too well.

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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.