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Tā shì shíbā suì. Wǒ yě shì shíbā suì.

他是⼗⼋岁. 我也是⼗⼋岁.
He is eighteen years old. I’m also eighteen years old.
Wǒ shì lǎoshī. Tāmen yě shì lǎoshī.
我是⽼师. 他们也是⽼师.
I am a teacher. They’re teachers too.
In the sentence translated as We also have a puppy and two cats, Chinese uses háiyǒu 还有, but not yě 也. Háiyǒu 还有 means in
addition here.

Grammar Builder 1 A

POSSESSIVES

Wǒmen de lǎoshī shì Měiguórén.

我们的⽼师是美国⼈.
Our teacher is American.
Tāmen de fángzi hěn piàoliàng.
他们的房⼦很漂亮.
Their house is very beautiful.
Tā de gǒu dà, wǒ de gǒu xiǎo.
她的狗⼤, 我的狗⼩.
Her dog is big, and my dog is small.

Grammar Builder 1 B

Zhè shì wǒ de bǐ.

这是我的笔.
This is my pen.
Zhè zhī bǐ shì wǒ de.
这只笔是我的.
This pen is mine.
As you have already learned, the particle de 的 is also used with nouns and names to indicate possession. Here are a few more
examples:
Zhè shì lǎoshī de bǐ.
这是⽼师的笔.
This is the teacher’s pen.
Zhè shì Jiéxī de bǐ.
这是洁希的笔.
This is Jess’s pen.
Xiàng de bízi hěn cháng.
象的⿐⼦很⻓.
The elephant’s trunk is very long.

M1 Lesson 4 Part 6

English Pinyin Chinese

Good morning, Jess! Hǎi, zǎo ān! 海: 洁希, 早安!

Good morning, Wáng Hǎi! Jiéxī, zǎo ān! 洁希: 王海, 早安!
Jess, do you have any siblings? Nǐ yǒu xiōngdìjiěmèi ma? 海: 洁希, 你有兄弟姐妹吗?
No. My family has only three people, (my) father, (my) mother and
Méiyǒu, wǒ de jiā zhǐyǒu sān kǒu rén. Wǒ,
没有, 我的家只有三⼝⼈. 我, 爸
myself. Wáng Hǎi, how many people are there in your family?
bàba hé māma. Wáng Hǎi, nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu
rén?
爸和妈妈. 王 海, 你家有⼏⼝⼈?
My family has five people: (my) father, (my) mother, (my) older Wǒ jiā yǒu wǔ kǒu rén. Bàba, māma, jiějie, dìdi 我家有五⼝⼈. 爸爸,妈妈, 姐姐,
sister, (my) younger brother and myself. hé wǒ. 弟弟和我.
Oh, your home must be really lively (busy). Ā, nǐ de jiā zhēn rènao. 啊, 你的家真热闹.
We also have a puppy and two cats. Wǒmen háiyǒu yì tiáo xiǎo gǒu hé liǎng zhī 我们还有⼀条⼩狗和两只猫.

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 māo.

Wǒ jiā méiyǒu gǒu, yě méiyǒu māo, zhǐyǒu sān 我家没有狗, 也没有猫, 只有三条
My family doesn’t have a dog or cat. We only have three fish.
tiáo yú. ⻥.
wǒ de 我的 my/mine

nǐ de 你的 your/yours

nín de (fml.) 您的 (fml.) your/yours

tā de 他的/她的 his, her, its/his, hers, its

wǒmen de 我们的 our/ours

nǐmen de (pl.) 你们的 (pl.) your/yours

tāmen de 他们的 their/theirs

English Pinyin Chinese

Please sit down! Qǐng zuò! 请坐!

Wang Hai, your home is very pretty! How many
bedrooms do you have?
Our apartment is too small, only three bedrooms and
one study. My younger brother and I share a room.
Wáng Hǎi, nǐ de jiā hěn piàoliàng! Yǒu jǐ gè wòfáng? 王海, 你的家很漂亮! 有⼏个卧房?
Wǒmen de gōngyù tài xiǎo le, zhǐyǒu sān gè wòfáng 我们的公寓太⼩了, 只有三个卧房和
hé yí gè yùshì. Wǒ hé dìdì yòng yí gè fángjiān. ⼀个浴室. 我和弟弟⽤⼀个房间.

Qǐng 请 (Please)
Notice that when Hai asked Jess to sit down, he said: Qǐng zuò! 请坐! When you ask someone to do something, the word qǐng 请
(please) is used to preface your request in order to be polite.

Qǐng hē chá.
请喝茶.
Please have some tea. (lit., Please drink tea.)
Qǐng jìnlái.
请进来.
Please come in.

M1 Lesson 4 Part 8
Nà liàng chē hěn kuài.
那辆⻋很快.
That car is very fast.
Tā kāichē kāi de hěn kuài.
他开⻋开得很快.
He drives very fast.

M1 Lesson 4 Part 9
Wáng xiǎojie hěn piàoliàng.
王⼩姐很漂亮.
Miss Wang is very pretty.
Měiguórén hěn gāo.
美国⼈很⾼.
Americans are very tall.
Zhè zhī bǐ tài guì.
这只笔太贵.
This pen is too expensive.
Nín tài kèqi.
您太客⽓.
You’re too polite.

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