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| SECTION: NATIONALITY |
| English: | Middle | |
| Pinyin: | zh艒ng |
| English: | China | |
| Pinyin: | zh艒ng-gu贸 | |
| Literally: | middle country |
| English: | Person | |
| Pinyin: | r茅n |
| English: | Chinese person | |
| Pinyin: | zh艒ng-gu贸 r茅n | |
| Literally: | China persion |
| English: | Beautiful | |
| Pinyin: | m臎i |
| English: | America | |
| Pinyin: | m臎i-gu贸 | |
| Literally: | beautiful country |
| English: | American | |
| Pinyin: | m臎i-gu贸 r茅n | |
| Literally: | America person |
| English: | England | |
| Pinyin: | y墨ng-gu贸 |
| English: | English person | |
| Pinyin: | y墨ng-gu贸 r茅n | |
| Literally: | (same) |
| English: | Foreign country | |
| Pinyin: | w脿i-gu贸 |
| SECTION: I / HE / SHE |
| In Chinese language, tones are very important, because different tones can give the same word different meanings. Initially, as long as you can approximate the tones, then overall meaning of your statements will usually be understood by context. But be aware of and try to imitate the intonation of the speaker as best you can. |
| English: | I | |
| Pinyin: | w菕 |
| English: | Is/are/am | |
| Pinyin: | sh矛 |
| English: | I am | |
| Pinyin: | w菕 sh矛 | |
| Literally: | (same) |
| English: | I am American | |
| Pinyin: | w菕 sh矛 m臎i-gu贸 r茅n | |
| Literally: | (same) |
| English: | You are American | |
| Pinyin: | n菒 sh矛 m臎i-gu贸 r茅n | |
| Literally: | (same) |
| As we did with how are you?, to make a statement into a question, just add mah at the end of of the sentence: |
| English: | Are you American? | |
| Pinyin: | n菒 sh矛 m臎i-gu贸 r茅n ma | |
| Literally: | you are American? |
| To make a sentence negative, simple put the word for not in front of the verb. |
| English: | Not | |
| Pinyin: | b霉 |
| English: | I am not American | |
| Pinyin: | w菕 b煤 sh矛 m臎i-gu贸 r茅n | |
| Literally: | I not am American |
| English: | I am Chinese | |
| Pinyin: | w菕 sh矛 zh艒ng-gu贸 r茅n | |
| Literally: | (same) |
| English: | He/she | |
| Pinyin: | t膩 |
| English: | She is American | |
| Pinyin: | t膩 sh矛 m臎i-gu贸 r茅n | |
| Literally: | she is America person |
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