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Friday, July 23, 2010

Lesson13: Praise for Foreigners

Some people from Chinese-spoken countries (especially the old people) will be surprised finding out foreigners speak Chinese (at least asking for a way or ordering food NOT in fast food restaurant). What usually happens then is they will praise then ask some questions just to fulfill their curiosity (usually it lasts only a while). You may find it like:


01. you speak good Chinese = 你說得中文很好 (ni shuo de zhongwen hen hao | ㄋㄧˇ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄉㄜ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄨㄣˊ ㄏㄣˇ ㄏㄠˇ)

02. your Chinese is good = 你的中文很好 (ni de zhongwen hen hao | ㄋㄧˇ ㄉㄜ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄨㄣˊ ㄏㄣˇ ㄏㄠˇ)

03. which country you are from? = 你是哪國人? (ni shi na guo ren? | ㄋㄧˇ ㄕˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄖㄣˊ?)

04. how long you have been here? = 你在這裡多久了? (ni zai zheli duo jiu le? | ㄋㄧˇ ㄗㄞˋ ㄓㄜˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄜ?)

05. how long you have been studying Chinese? = 你學中文多久了? (ni xue zhongwen duo jiu le? | ㄋㄧˇ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄨㄣˊ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄜ?)


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