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Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 1 · Chapter 12

那是什么 What is that

Nà shì shénme

Pointing — 这些 / 那些 / 哪儿 / 哪里 / 哪个. Common objects (书 / 本子 / 桌子 / 杯子 / 手机). Negation 没 / 没有.

那是什么 — What is that?

  1. 大山 xiǎomíng, shìshénme? Ma Xiaoming, what is that?
  2. 马小明 shìdeshǒu. That's my phone.
  3. 大山 zhègene? And this?
  4. 马小明 zhèshìbēizi. bēiziyǒushuǐ. That's a cup. There's water in the cup.
  5. 大山 shìdebēizi? Which one is your cup?
  6. 马小明 geshìde. zhègeshìde. That one's mine. This one's yours.

哪儿有书 — Where are the books?

  1. 谢小文 gāolǎoshī, éryǒushū? Teacher Gao, where are the books?
  2. 高老师 éryǒushū. zhuōzishàngyǒu. Books are over there. On the desk.
  3. 谢小文 běnzizàiérma? Are the notebooks there too?
  4. 高老师 méiyǒu, méiběnzi. xiǎngyàoběnzima? No notebooks. Do you want one?
  5. 谢小文 xiǎngyàoběnzi. I'd like a notebook.
  6. 高老师 zhègeběnzishìde. This notebook is yours.

我没有 — I don't have

  1. 马小明 shān, yǒushǒuma? Dashan, do you have a phone?
  2. 大山 yǒu. ne? I do. You?
  3. 马小明 méiyǒu. deshǒuzàizhèér. I don't. My phone isn't here.
  4. 大山 zài? Where is it?
  5. 马小明 zàijiā. jiāyǒugeshǒu. At home. The phone's at home.
  6. 大山 méiyǒushǒuzěnme? zhègede, yòng! How do you manage? — Here, take mine!
汉字PinyinPOSMeaning
这些 zhèxiē pron. these
那些 nàxiē pron. those
哪儿 nǎr pron. where
哪里 nǎlǐ pron. where (more formal)
哪个 nǎge pron. which one
shū n. book
本子 běnzi n. notebook
桌子 zhuōzi n. table; desk
杯子 bēizi n. cup; glass
手机 shǒujī n. mobile phone
méi adv. (negative for 有)
没有 méiyǒu v. not have
汉字PinyinPOSMeaning
shǒu hand 手机 shǒujī — mobile phone举手 jǔshǒu — raise the hand (recall Bk2)
machine 手机 shǒujī — mobile phone飞机 fēijī — airplane机场 jīchǎng — airport
bēi cup 杯子 bēizi — cup; glass一杯 yì bēi — one cup
inside (in 哪里) 哪里 nǎlǐ — where (more formal)里边 lǐbiān — inside里面 lǐmiàn — inside (recall Bk1)
shū book 图书馆 túshūguǎn — library看书 kàn shū — read books (recall Bk1)
zhuō (in 桌子) 桌子 zhuōzi — table; desk
shàng up; on 早上 zǎoshang — morning上午 shàngwǔ — morning (am)晚上 wǎnshang — evening; night
běn measure for books; root 本子 běnzi — notebook课本 kèběn — textbook
zěn (in 怎么也 = no matter how; in no way) 怎么也 zěnme yě — no matter how; in no way
yòng use 不用 bùyòng — no need; don\'t bother有用 yǒuyòng — useful
xiē some; a few 这些 zhèxiē — these那些 nàxiē — those一些 yìxiē — some; a few

xiē some; a few Writing

8 strokes top-bottom

Modern: "some / a few." Anchors 这些, 那些, 一些 — plural-marker for demonstratives.

shū book Writing

4 strokes standalone

běn measure for books; root Writing

5 strokes standalone

shǒu hand Writing

4 strokes standalone

Pictograph: a hand with five fingers. Modern: hand. Anchors 手机 (mobile phone).

bēi cup Recognition

8 strokes left-right

machine Recognition

6 strokes left-right radical 木

shén (in 什么 = what) Recognition

4 strokes left-right radical 亻

me (in 什么) Recognition

3 strokes standalone

inside (in 哪里) Recognition

7 strokes standalone

指代 — 这 / 那 / 哪 + 些 / 个 Demonstratives — 这 / 那 / 哪 with 些 / 个

本课指代词的扩展. 单数 / 复数 / 问: (1) 这个 — this one (单). 那个 — that one (单). 哪个 — which one (问). (2) 这些 — these (复). 那些 — those (复). 哪 — which (问). (3) 哪儿 = 哪里 = where (问地点). 句式: A 是 B (= 这 / 那 + 是 + 名词). 或: 这 / 那 / 哪 + 在 + 地点. 否定: 不是 / 没有.

Demonstrative expansion: SINGULAR — 这个 (this one), 那个 (that one), 哪个 (which one). PLURAL — 这些 (these), 那些 (those). LOCATION — 哪儿 = 哪里 (both = "where"). PATTERNS: A 是 B (这是书 / 那是手机 / 哪个是你的?). For LOCATION: 这 / 那 / 哪 + 在 + place. NEGATION: 不是 / 没有.

  • 那是什么? Nà shì shénme? What is that?
  • 这是我的书. 那是你的本子. Zhè shì wǒ de shū. Nà shì nǐ de běnzi. This is my book. That is your notebook.
  • 哪个是你的手机? Nǎge shì nǐ de shǒujī? Which one is your phone?
  • 我没有杯子. Wǒ méi yǒu bēizi. I don't have a cup.

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