Lesson 1

wǒ shì lǎo shī 我是老师

I am a teacher

wǒ bùshì wángèrde lǎoshī, yě bùshì dīngyīde lǎoshī, wǒ shì zhāngsānde lǎoshī 我不是王二的老师，也不是丁一的老师，我是张三的老师

I am not Wanger's teacher, either Dingyi's teacher, I am Zhangsan's teacher

wǒ bùshì rìběn xuéshēng, yě bùshì zhóngguó xuéshēng, wǒ shì méiguó xuéshēng 我不是日本学生，也不是中国学生，我是美国学生

I am not a Japanese student, either a Chinese student, I am an American student.

nǐmen dōushì lǎoshī ma?你们都是老师吗？

are both of you teachers?

nǐ shì zhāngsānde lǎoshī háishì dīngyīde lǎoshī 你是张三的老师还是丁一的老师

are you Zhangsan's teacher or Dingyi's?

shì xué shēng 他也是学生

he is also a student

nǐhǎo, wǒ xìng Dīng, jiào Dīngyī, wǒ shì xuéshēng, nín xìng shéme 你好，我姓丁，叫丁一，我是学生，您姓什么

hello, my last name is Ding, my name is Dingyi, I am a student, what is your last name? (write down the one you heard)

nǐ hǎo nǐ shì shéi? nǐ guìxìng? nǐ jiào shénme míngzì 你好，你是谁？你贵姓？你叫什么名字？

hello, who are you? what is your last name? (hint: use honorable surname and non-honorable you) what is your name? (compose the sentence with words- to be called and what)

tā xìng dīng, jiào dīngyī, tā yěshì rìběnrén, tā shì rìběn xuéshēng 他姓丁，叫丁一，他也是日本人，他是日本学生

his last name is Ding, his name is Dingyi, he is also a Japanese, he is a Japanese student

tā shì rìběnrén ma? 他是日本人吗？

is he a Japanese

tā shì méiguó xuéshēng háishì rìběn xuéshēng 他是美国学生还是日本学生

is he an American student or a Japanese student

tā shì nǐde xuéshēng ma?他是你的学生吗？

is he your student?

wǒ jiào Dīngyī 我叫丁一

my name is Ding yi (hint: use the word -to be called)

wǒde míngzì jiào wángèr, nín guìxìng? nín yěshì xuéshēng ma?我的名字叫王二，您贵姓？您也是学生吗?

my name is wanger, what is your last name (hint: use honorable surname and you)？are you also a student? (hint: use honorable you here)

wǒmen dōu bùshì xuéshēng 我们都不是学生

none of us are students

tāmen dōushì zhóngguó xuéshēng 他们都是中国学生

they are both Chinese students

wǒmen dōu xìng wáng 我们都姓王

wang is the last name for both of us

tā xìng shénme? tā yěxìng zhāng ma?他姓什么？他也姓张吗？

what is his last name (hint: use word-what)? is zhang also his last name?

nǐ xìng zhāng háishì xìng wáng 你姓张还是姓王

which is your last name, zhang or wang?

nǐ bùshì lǎoshī tā yě bùshì lǎoshī 你不是老师，他也不是老师

you are not a teacher, either is he