LEARNING

MANDARIN
GRETCHEN ADDUN-JALLORINA
CONVERSATION

Zhang Wei: Qingwen, ni yao he kafei ma?

Li Jun: Bu yao. Wo bu yao kafei. Wo yao kele, ni ne?
Zhang Wei: Wo ye yao kele.
Li Jun: Hao, women dou he kele. Ni yao chi hanbao ma?
Zhang Wei: Duibuqi, wo bu yao hanbao. Women dou chi pingguo. Ni xuexi shenme?
Li Jun: Wo xuexi Hanyu.
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Qingwen- expression meaning “may I ask?”

Yao- to like
He- to drink
Kele- coke
Bu- no, do not
Ye- also
Hao- okay
Women- we, us
Dou- all
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Chi- to eat
Hanbao- hamburger
Duibuqi- I’m sorry
Xuexi- to study
Hanyu- Chinese language
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Yao- to like
He- to drink
Xuexi- to study
You- to have
Shuo- to say, to speak
Jin- to enter
Zuo- to sit
Zhidao- to know
Lai- to come
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Jinlai- to come in
Wen- to ask
Jiao- to be called
Kai- to open, to start
Kan- to watch
UNDERSTANDING

Qingwen, ni yao he kafei ma?

( May I ask, do you like to drink coffee?)
Bu yao. Wo bu yao he kafei.
(No. I don’t like to drink coffee.)
Hao, women dou he kele.
(Okay. We all drink coke.)
Ni yao chi hanbao ma?
Do you like to eat hamburger
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Duibuqi, wo bu yao hanbao.

( I’m sorry, I don’t like hamburger.)
Women dou chi pingguo.
( We all eat apples..)
Ni xuexi shenme?
(What do you study?)
Wo xuexi Hanyu.
I study Chinese.
QUIZ

1. What do you want to eat?

2. I don’t like to eat, how about you?
3. We like to drink coke.
4. My friend studies the Chinese language.
5. She likes to sit.
6. They will all eat hamburger.
7. His younger brother likes to eat apples.
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8. Does her mother like to drink?

9. Her boyfriend drinks tea.
10. My father speaks Chinese (Hanyu).
11. I am called Ma Dawei.
12. May I ask, what do you want to drink?
13. Her younger brother doesn’t like hamburger.
QUIZ

14. We like to eat apples too.

15. Does your older brother like to drink drinks?