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Lesson Three: What country are you from?




Lesson Three: What country are you from?

The topic of lesson three is nationalities and countries. The dialogue introduces some new pronouns and lists the names of various countries. There are three new grammar points in this lesson including the introduction of plurals.

Lesson Three: What country are you from?

The topic of lesson three is nationalities and countries. The dialogue introduces some new pronouns and lists the names of various countries. There are three new grammar points in this lesson including the introduction of plurals.

Conversation: 你是哪国人?

nǐ shì nǎ guó rén?
你 是 哪 国 人?
What country are you from?
wǒ shì xīnxīlánrén.
我 是 新 西 兰 人。
I am from New Zealand.
tāmen yě shì xīnxīlánrén ma?
他 们 也 是 新 西 兰 人 吗?
Are they also from New Zealand?
bù, tā shì àodàlìyàrén, tā shì dēguórén.
不,他 是 澳 大 利 亚 人,她 是 德 国 人。
No, he is Australian, she is German.

New Words

pt
which; what (when expressing appreciation for confirmation, or when giving advice or encouragement.)
guó
n
country, nation, state
rén
n
person, people, humanity; others, other people
men
pt
use to make plural forms of personal pronouns or nouns referring to animate entities

adv
also, too; (indicating concession) still

pron
she, her
xīnxīlán 新 西 兰
n
New Zealand; 新 西 兰 人 (xīnxīlánrén) New Zealander
àodàlìyà 澳 大 利 亚
n
Australia; 澳 大 利 亚 人 (àodàlìyàrén) Australian
dēguó 德 国
n
Germany; 德 国 人 (dēguórén) German

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