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Learn Chinese 5 : Where are you from?
| 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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| Xiè lǎoshī, níhǎo. |
| 谢老师﹐你好。 |
| 謝老師﹐你好。
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| Hello, Prof. Xie. |
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| John, nǐhǎo. |
| 你好。 |
| 你好。
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| Hello, John. |
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| Xiè lǎoshī, nǐ shì nálǐ rén? |
| 谢老师﹐你是那里人﹖ |
| 謝老師﹐你是那裡人﹖
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| Prof. Xie , where are you from? |
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| Wǒ shì Shànghǎi rén. |
| 我是上海人。 |
| 我是上海人。
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| I am from Shanghai. |
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| Wǒ shì cóng Shànghǎi lái de. |
| 我是从上海来的。 |
| 我是從上海來的。
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| I came from Shanghai. |
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| Nǐ tàitai yě shì Shànghǎi rén ba? |
| 你太太也是上海人吧﹖ |
| 你太太也是上海人吧﹖
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| Is your wife also from Shanghai , (I guess)? |
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| Shìde, tā yě shì Shànghǎi rén. |
| 是的﹐她也是上海人。 |
| 是的﹐她也是上海人。
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| Yes, she is also from Shanghai. |
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| John, nǐ shì nálǐ rén? |
| John,你是哪里人﹖ |
| John, 你是哪裡人﹖
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| John, where are you from? |
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| Wǒ shì Jiā Zhōu rén. |
| 我是加州人。 |
| 我是加州人。
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| I am Californian. |
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| 10. |
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| Wǒ shì zài Los Angeles chūshēng de. |
| 我是在LosAngeles出生的。 |
| 我是在 Los Angeles 出生的。
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| I was born in Los Angeles. |
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| 11. |
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| Xiè lǎoshī, xièxie ni. |
| 谢老师﹐谢谢你。 |
| 謝老師﹐謝謝你。
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| Prof. Xie, thank you. |
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| 12. |
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| Bú kèqi. |
| 不客气。 |
| 不客氣。
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| You're welcome. |
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| Notes |
- 'ba' is a question marker too, but carries a different meaning as in 'ma' question. 'ba' is a suggestive, something the speaker guesses or assumes.
- When 'nálǐ rén' is asked, it usually refers to which part of a country the person is from. This is similar to '...shì zài ... chūshéng de' (...to be born in ...')
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