Lesson One: How are you?

This first lesson begins with some simple greetings that you can use at any time of day. Grammar focuses on two common forms of asking questions. Explanations are given for writing the eight new characters taught in this lesson.

Conversation: 你好吗？

nǐ hǎo ma? 你好吗？	How are you?
wǒ hēn hǎo, xiè xiè nǐ. 我很好，谢谢你。	I am fine, thank you.
nǐ ne? 你呢？	And you?
wǒ yě hēn hǎo. 我也很好。	I am fine too.

New Words
nǐ	你 pron	(singular) you
wǒ	我 pron	I, me, self
hǎo	好 adj	good, fine
hēn	很 adv	very, quite, very much
yě	也 adv	also; too
xiè	谢 vb	thanks, thank you
ma	吗 pt	(question form used at the end of sentence)
ne	呢 pt	(for questions on a subject under consideration)

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