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Study in the app →Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 1 · Chapter 12
那是什么 What is that
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.
Dialogue
那是什么 — What is that?
- 大山 马小明, 那是什么? Ma Xiaoming, what is that?
- 马小明 那是我的手机. That's my phone.
- 大山 这个呢? And this?
- 马小明 这是杯子. 杯子里有水. That's a cup. There's water in the cup.
- 大山 哪个是你的杯子? Which one is your cup?
- 马小明 那个是我的. 这个是你的. That one's mine. This one's yours.
Dialogue
哪儿有书 — Where are the books?
- 谢小文 高老师, 哪儿有书? Teacher Gao, where are the books?
- 高老师 那儿有书. 桌子上有. Books are over there. On the desk.
- 谢小文 本子也在那儿吗? Are the notebooks there too?
- 高老师 没有, 没本子. 你想要本子吗? No notebooks. Do you want one?
- 谢小文 我想要一个本子. I'd like a notebook.
- 高老师 这个本子是你的. This notebook is yours.
Dialogue
我没有 — I don't have
- 马小明 大山, 你有手机吗? Dashan, do you have a phone?
- 大山 我有. 你呢? I do. You?
- 马小明 我没有. 我的手机不在这儿. I don't. My phone isn't here.
- 大山 在哪里? Where is it?
- 马小明 在家. 我家有那个手机. At home. The phone's at home.
- 大山 没有手机你怎么? — 这个我的, 你用! How do you manage? — Here, take mine!
Vocabulary
| 汉字 | Pinyin | POS | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 书 | 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 |
| 没 | méi | adv. | (negative for 有) |
| 没有 | méiyǒu | v. | not have |
New characters
| 汉字 | Pinyin | POS | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 手 | shǒu | hand 手机 shǒujī — mobile phone举手 jǔshǒu — raise the hand (recall Bk2) | |
| 机 | jī | machine 手机 shǒujī — mobile phone飞机 fēijī — airplane机场 jīchǎng — airport | |
| 杯 | bēi | cup 杯子 bēizi — cup; glass一杯 yì bēi — one cup | |
| 里 | lǐ | inside (in 哪里) 哪里 nǎlǐ — where (more formal)里边 lǐbiān — inside里面 lǐmiàn — inside (recall Bk1) | |
| 书 | shū | book 图书馆 túshūguǎn — library看书 kàn shū — read books (recall Bk1) | |
| 桌 | zhuō | (in 桌子) 桌子 zhuōzi — table; desk | |
| 上 | shàng | up; on 早上 zǎoshang — morning上午 shàngwǔ — morning (am)晚上 wǎnshang — evening; night | |
| 本 | běn | measure for books; root 本子 běnzi — notebook课本 kèběn — textbook | |
| 怎 | zěn | (in 怎么也 = no matter how; in no way) 怎么也 zěnme yě — no matter how; in no way | |
| 用 | yòng | use 不用 bùyòng — no need; don\'t bother有用 yǒuyòng — useful | |
| 些 | xiē | some; a few 这些 zhèxiē — these那些 nàxiē — those一些 yìxiē — some; a few |
Hanzi — writing & recognition
xiē some; a few Writing
Modern: "some / a few." Anchors 这些, 那些, 一些 — plural-marker for demonstratives.
shū book Writing
běn measure for books; root Writing
shǒu hand Writing
Pictograph: a hand with five fingers. Modern: hand. Anchors 手机 (mobile phone).
bēi cup Recognition
jī machine Recognition
shén (in 什么 = what) Recognition
me (in 什么) Recognition
lǐ inside (in 哪里) Recognition
Grammar
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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