Mandarin · Chapter 4 · Lesson 16 · Phrase session
Hello, thank you, sorry
The first six, and the ones whose absence gets noticed.
Why these go together
These are built from characters you already have. What you have not had is them in the order a Mandarin speaker expects - 你好吗 is three characters you know asking something none of them asks alone.
谢谢你。
Thank you.
你好吗？
How are you?
Literally: you good question
我很好，谢谢。
I am fine, thank you.
对不起。
Sorry.
你是哪国人？
Where are you from?
Literally: you are which country person
你做什么工作？
What do you do for a living?
Matching
0/6Match each phrase to what it means.
Fill in the blank
0/6Put the missing word back.
你。 (Thank you.)
___ nǐ 。
你吗？ (How are you?)
nǐ ___ ma ？
我，谢谢。 (I am fine, thank you.)
wǒ ___， xiè xiè 。
。 (Sorry.)
你是人？ (Where are you from?)
nǐ shì ___ rén ？
你做什么？ (What do you do for a living?)
nǐ zuò shén me ___？