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Lesson 1 Dialogue 2

• Grammar

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The Verb ? (shì)

• In Chinese, ? (shì) is a verb which can be used
  to link two units that are in some way
  equivalent.
• These two units can be nouns, pronouns, or noun
  phrases, e.g.

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• A Ni shì laoshi ma?
• ??????
• Are you a teacher?

• B Wo shì laoshi.
• ?????
• I am a teacher.

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Li You is a student.

• Li You shì xuésheng.
• ??????

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? (shì) is usually negated with ? (bù).

• The original tone of ? is a 4th tone bù.
• However, when followed by another 4th tone
  syllable, ? changes to 2nd tone, as in ?? (bú
  shì).

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Wang Peng is not American.

• Wáng Péng bú shì Meiguó rén.
• ????????

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Questions Ending with ? (ma)

• When ? (ma) is added to the end of a declarative
  statement, that statement is turned into a
  question.
• To answer the question in the affirmative, drop
  the ? (ma) from the end of the question
• to answer the question in the negative, drop the
  ? (ma), and insert a negative adverb usually ?
  (bù)before the verb.

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Question

• Are you a teacher?
• N i shì laoshi ma?
• ??????

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Affi rmative answer

• I am a teacher.
• Wo shì laoshi.
• ?????

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Negative answer

• I am not a teacher.
• W o bú shì laoshi.
• ??????

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Question

• Is your family name Wang?)
• N i xìng Wáng ma?
• ?????

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Answers

• Affirmative
• My family name is Wang.
• W o xìng Wáng.
• ????

• Negative
• My family name is not Wang.
• W o bú xìng Wáng.
• ?????

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The Negative Adverb ? (bù)

• In Chinese there are two main negative adverbs.
  One of the two, ? (bù), occurs in this lesson.

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I am not from Beijing.

• Wo bú shì Beijing rén.
• ???????

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Li You is not Chinese.

• Li You bú shì Zhongguó rén.
• ????????

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The teachers surname is not Wang.

• Laoshi bú xìng Wáng.
• ??????

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My name is not Li Zhong.

• Wo bú jiào Li Zhong.
• ??????

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The Adverb ? (ye)

• The adverb ? (ye) basically means too or
  also.
• In Chinese, adverbs, especially one syllable
  adverbs, normally appear after subjects and in
  front of verbs.
• They usually cannot precede subjects or follow
  verbs.
• The adverb ? (ye) cannot be put before the
  subject or at the very end of a sentence.

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Im a student, too.

• Wo ye shì xuésheng.
• ??????

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Wang Peng is a student. Li You is a student, too.

• Wáng Péng shì xuésheng, Li You ye shì xuésheng.
• ?????,???????

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You are Chinese. I am Chinese, too.

• Ni shì Zhongguó rén, wo ye shì Zhongguó rén.
• ?????,???????

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• When the adverb ? (ye) is used together with the
  negative adverb ? (bù), ? (ye) is placed before ?
  (bù), e.g.

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Wang Peng is not a teacher. Li You is not a
teacher, either.

• Wáng Péng bú shì laoshi, Li You ye bú shì laoshi.
  
• ??????,????????

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You are not from New York. I am not from New
York, either.

• Ni bú shì Niuyue rén, wo ye bú shì Niuyue rén.
• ??????,????????

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