Unit 9
Part I: Listen and Learn 3
Click on the speaker icon of the
following sentences and listen to the recording. The Chinese characters
are in big5 format.
-
Q
ngw
n,
n sh
bu sh c
ng
Zh
nggu
l
i de?
May I ask, are you from China?
請問﹐你是不是從中國來的﹖
-
Shde, w
sh cng
B
ij
ng
li de.
Yes, I came from Beijing.
是的﹐我是從北京來的。
-
N z
i
zhl
nin sh
ma?
Do you study here?
你在這裡唸書嗎﹖
-
Du, w
zi Ji
Zhu Dxu
nin sh.
Right, I study at UC.
對﹐我在加州大學唸書。
-
N sh
n
y
nin li
de?
In which year did you come?
你是哪一年來的﹖
-
W sh
1995 nian2 la
de.
I came here in 1995.
我是1995年來的。
-
Zi zhl
nin shnme
ne?
What do (you) study here then?
在這裡念什麼呢﹖
-
W xinzi
nin sh
ngw
huxu
bsh.
I study bio-chemistry for Ph.D.
我念生物化學博士。
-
Hn ho.
Shngw
huxu
hn yu
y
ng.
Very good. Bio-chemistry is very
useful.
很好。生物化學很有用。
Notes:
-
'ne' in 'Zi
zhl
nin shnme
ne?' is just a particle to soften the mood. More examples are:
N
sh zu
shnme de ne? What (job)
do you do?
N
sh cng
nl
li de ne? Where are you
from?
Compared to N
sh zu
shnme de? and N
sh cng
nl
li de? the questions with
'ne' particle are not that direct and categorical.
[Go
back to Unit 9] [Go
to 9-4]