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Learn Chinese 7 : Is Chinese difficult?
| Click on the speaker icon of each sentence and listen to the recording. Each sentence follows this pattern : Pinyin (that's Chinese written in Latin characters), Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and the English translation of the sentence.
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| John, nǐ xiànzài Zhōngwén shuō de hén hǎo. |
| John,你现在中文说得很好。 |
| John, 你現在中文說得很好。
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| John, you speak Chinese very well now. |
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| Nálǐ, hái bù xíng, wǒ zhǐ huì shuō yìdiǎr Zhōngwén. |
| 哪里﹐还不行﹐我只会说一点儿中文。 |
| 哪裡﹐還不行﹐我只會說一點兒中文。
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| No, not good yet. I can speak a little Chinese. |
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| Rènshi bu rènshi Zhōngguó zì? |
| 认识不认识中国字﹖ |
| 認識不認識中國字﹖
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| Do you recognize Chinese characters? |
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| Bú rènshi, wǒ zhǐ huì shuō. Wǒ huì xiě Pīnyīn. |
| 不认识﹐我只会说。 我会写拼音。 |
| 不認識﹐我只會說。我會寫拼音。
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| No, I don't. I can speak only. I can write Pinyin. |
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| Nǐ de lǎoshī shì bu shì Zhōngguó rén? |
| 你的老师是不是中国人﹖ |
| 你的老師是不是中國人﹖
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| Is your teacher Chinese? |
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| Shìde, tā shì Zhōngguó rén, shì cóng Shànghǎi lái de. |
| 是的他是中国人﹐是从上海来的。 |
| 是的他是中國人﹐是從上海來的。
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| Yes, he is a Chinese and he came from Shanghai. |
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| Tā jiāo de hǎo bu hǎo? |
| 他教得好不好﹖ |
| 他教得好不好﹖
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| Does he teach well? |
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| Tā jiāo de hén hǎo. |
| 他教得很好。 |
| 他教得很好。
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| He teaches very well. |
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| Notes |
- 'de' in 'Tā jiāo de hén hǎo.' is a grammatical particle. This pattern is used to express the degree or
extent.
- The difference between 'yě' and 'hái': Study the following sentences and try to find out the difference.
Wǒ huì shuō Yīngyǔ, yě huì shuō Eyǔ.
(I can speak English and I also speak Russian.)
Wǒ huì shuō Yīngyǔ, hái huì shuō Eyǔ.
(I can speak English. In addition, I can also speak Russian.)
Wǒ huì shuō Eyǔ. Tā yě huì shuō Eyǔ.
(I can speak Russian. He can also speak Russian.)
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