Unit 1

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.

1. Nǐ xìng shénme?

What's your last name?
你姓什麼﹖

2. Wǒ xìng Xiè.

My last name is Xie.
我姓謝。

3. Nǐ jiào shénme?.

What's your (full) name?
你叫什麼﹖

4. Wǒ jiàoXiè Tiānwèi.

My (full) name is Xie Tianwei.
我叫謝天蔚。

Wǒ shì lǎoshī.
I am a teacher.
我是老師。

5. Xièxiè!

Thank you!
謝謝﹗

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Notes

• "shénme" means "what", "which". In Chinese a question word does not occur at the beginning of a sentence. Pay attention to the world order in questions.

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