Saturday, December 8, 2012

Content Question in Chinese


    • Content questions are used to ask about the identify of a person, an object, a time, a location, or a quantity, or to seek an explanation or process.
    • In English, we can ask questions using “Who, What, When, How, Where, Why”.
    • Today we are going to learn how to ask these type of questions in Chinese.


    1. Who 谁
            pronounce: shuí


    • Who’s at the door?
              shu  zài mén wài ?
              谁   在   门  外 ?

    • Who is he talking to?
              tā zài gēn shuí shuō huà ?
              他 在 跟 谁 说 话 ?


    2. What 什么
             shén me


    • What do you want?
              nǐ yào shén me ?
              你  要 什 么 ?


    • What is your ideal in life?
              nǐ de lǐ xiǎng shì shén me ?
              你  的 理    想         是 什 么 ?




    3. When 几时
             jǐ shí




    • When will you come back?
               nǐ jǐ shí huí lái ?
              你 几 时 回 来 ?


    • When is your vacation?
               nǐ men shén me shí hou fàng jià ?
               你 们 什 么 时 候 放 假 ?



    4. How 怎么  /怎样  zěn yàng
            zěn me



    • How should I address her?
              wǒ gāi zěn me chēng hu tā ?
              我 该 怎 么 称         呼 她 ?


    • How did you spend your holiday?
               jià qī guò de zěn yàng ?
               假 期 过 得 怎 样 ?



    5. Where哪里 nǎ li / 哪儿  nǎ er/
            什么地方 shén me dì fang        

             


    • Where do you live?
               nǐ zhù zài nǎ lǐ ?
              你 住 在 哪 里 ?


    •  Where is he hiding?
               tā cáng zài nǎ er ?
               他 藏 在 哪 儿 ?


    • Where are you from?
               nǐ shì shén me dì fang de rén ?
               你 是 什 么 地 方 的 人 ?




    6. Why 为什么
            wèi shén me


    •  Why were you late?
               nǐ wèi shén me chí dào ?
              你 为 什 么 迟 到 ?


    • Why must he do it that way?
               wèi shén me tā yào nà yàng zuò ?
                 为 什 么 他 要 那 样 做 ?



    Try to practice how to write those characters.

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