Lesson Four: What do you do?

Lesson four covers the topic of work and occupations. Using the examples in this lesson's dialogue you will be able to form sentences to explain what you do and what you are doing in China. A list of major cities in China is also provided.

Conversation: 你做什么工作？

A: nǐ zuò shénme gōngzuò? A: 你做什么工作？	A: What do you do ?
B: wǒ shì liúxuéshēng. B: 我是留学生。	B: I am a foreign student.
A: tāmen yě shì liúxuéshēng ma? A: 他们也是留学生吗？	A: Are they also foreign students?
B: bù, tā shì dào zhōngguó lǔyóu de. B: 不，他们是到中国旅游的。	B: No, they are travelers.
A: nǐ zài zhōngguó xué shénme? A: 你在中国学什么？	A: What do you study in China?
B: wǒ xuéxí hànyǔ. B: 我学习汉语。	B: I am studying Mandarin.
A: nà nǐ hànyǔ shuò de zěnmeyàng? A: 那你汉语说得怎么样？	A: Then how is your spoken Mandarin?
B: wǒ shuò de yìbān, wǒ gāng kāishǐ xué hànyǔ hái bù dào yī gè yuè. B: 我说的一般，我刚开始学汉语还不到一个月。	B: I speak so so, I am just starting to learn Mandarin and it hasn't been a month yet.
A: nǐ mēn dōu qù guò zhōngguó de nǎ xiē chéngshì? A: 你们都去过中国的哪些城市？	A: Which cities have you been to in China?
A: wǒmēn cóng xīān lái, zài zhè zhī qián hái qù guò chóngqìng, nánjīng, shànghǎi, kūnmíng hē xīzàng. B: 我们从西安来，在这之前还去过重庆、南京、上海、昆明和西藏。	B: We just came back from Xi'an, we have also went to Chongqing, Nanjing, Shanghai, Kunming and Tibet before.

New Words
nǎ xiē	哪些 pron	which? which ones? what?
zhè	这 pron	this, here
liúxuéshēng	留学生 n	student studying abroad
yuè	月 n	month, moon
chéngshì	城市 n	town, city
yì bān	一般 adj	adj alike, the same, just as; general, common, ordinary; so so; adv the same as, similarly;
gōngzuò	工作 vb	work; n. work, job, employment
lǔyóu	旅游 vb	tour, travel
lái	来 vb	to come, arrive
xué	学 vb	vb study, learn, imitate; n school institution of learning, level of schooling, study of, field of.
kāishǐ	开始 vb	start, begin, commence; n beginning, start, outset
qù guò	去过 vb	past tense
gāng	刚 adv	referring to something that is happening or about to happen, just, no more than
dōu	都 adv	can also pronounced du1 for capital; all both
hái	还 adv	still, yet; (when making comparisons) even more, still more; also, too, in addition; rather, fairly;
bù dào	不到	but not yet
gè	个 mw	measure work for countable object
cóng	从 prep	(used to indicate the starting point) from
zhī qián	之前 prep	before, prior to..., in front of
hē	和 conj	(connects parallel expressions) and, together with you
xī ān	西安 n	Xi'an
chóngqìng	重庆 n	Chongqing
nánjīng	南京 n	Nanjing
shànghǎi	上海 n	Shanghai
kūnmíng	昆明 n	Kunming
xīzàng	西藏 n	Tibet

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Lesson Four: What do you do?

Lesson Four: What do you do?

Conversation: 你 做 什 么 工 作？

Conversation: 你做什么工作？