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Learn Chinese 5 : Where are you from?

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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.
1.
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Wǒ shì Zhōngguó rén.
我是中国人。
我是中國人。
I am a Chinese.
2.
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Wǒ shì Běijīng rén.
我是北京人。
我是北京人。
I am from Beijing.
3.
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Wǒ shì cóng Shànghǎi lái de.
我是从上海来的。
我是從上海來的。
I came from Shanghai.
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Tā shì Měiguó rén.
他是美国人。
他是美國人。
He is an American.
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Tā shì Georgia rén.
他是Georgia人。
他是 Georgia 人。
He is from Georgia.
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Tā shì cóng New York lái de.
他是从NewYork来的。
他是從 New York 來的。
He came from New York.
Notes
  • 'Zhōngguó rén' means a person's nationality is Chinese. 'Shànghǎi rén' indicates where a person was born. 'cóng Shànghǎi lái de' tells us that the person came to this place from Shanghai.

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