Mandarin Chinese/Two/你好

Vocab

Chinese	English	Pinyin
你	You	Nǐ
好	Good	Hǎo
快乐	Happy	Kuàilè
很	Very	Hěn
我	I, me	Wǒ
他	He, him	Tā
她	She, her	Tā
不	No, not	Bù
是	To be	Shì
老师	Teacher	Lǎoshī
猫	Cat	Māo
也	Also	Yě
有	To have	Yǒu
没有	To not have	Měiyǒu
朋友	Friend	Pěngyóu
的	's	De

Grammar

• Sentences are Subject-Verb-Object

我有朋友。- I have friends.

她是猫。- She is a cat.

• "To Be" Sentences are (A Noun)-是-(Another Noun)
• To say "Something is _______" you use 很 instead of 是

老师很快乐。- A teacher is happy.

• Negative sentences are formed by placing 不 before the verb or adjective
  • This is different for "To Have"

我没有朋友。

她不是猫。

老师不快乐。

Questions are formed in several ways, the first that shall be presented in this wikibook is the A不A pattern

• Subject-Verb-Negative form of Verb-Object

你好不好? - How are you?

你有没有朋友? - Do you have friends?

她是不是猫? - Is she a cat?

老师快乐不快乐? - Is the teacher happy?

• FInally, 的 after a noun or pronoun will make it possessive

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Dialogue

Chinese

东尼: 你好!
艾美: 你好!
东尼: 你有没有猫?
艾美: 没有。于老师有猫。
东尼: 我也有猫。她是我的朋友。

Pinyin

Dōngní: Nǐhǎo!
Àiměi: Nǐhǎo!
Dōngní: Nǐ yǒu měiyǒu māo?
Àiměi: Měiyǒu. Yúlǎoshī yǒu māo.
Dōngní: Wǒ yě yǒu māo. Tā shì wǒde pěngyóu.

English

Tony: Hello!
Amy: Hello!
Tony: Do you have a cat?
Amy: No. Teacher Yu has a cat.
Tony: I also have a cat. She is my friend.