Sentence Practice 2

Mandarin	Chinese	English		Mandarin	Chinese	English
shéi	谁	who		nǎ guórén	哪国人	Which nationality
shì	是	Is/am		yīngguó	英国	England
lǎoshī	老师	Teacher		měiguó	美国	America
xuésheng	学生	Student		zhōngguó	中国	China
rén	人	person		rìběn	日本	Japan
tā	他/她	he/she		(wǒ/nǐ/tā)men	我们	We/you-all/they
lèi	累	tired		dōu	都	all

[person] = lǎoshī, xuéshēng, tā, wǒ, nǐ
[adjective] = hǎo, lèi, máng
[country] = yīngguó, měiguó , zhōngguó , rìběn

#	Question	Response
1	Nǐ shì lǎoshī ma? (Are you the teacher?)	Shì, (wǒ shì lǎoshī.)
		Búshì, (wǒ shì xuésheng.)
2	Shéi shì [lǎoshī/xuésheng]? (Who is the teacher/student?)	Wǒ shì [lǎoshī/xuésheng].
		Nǐ shì [lǎoshī/xuésheng].
		Tā shì [lǎoshī/xuésheng].
3	Lǎoshī [adjective] ma? (Is the teacher good/tired/busy?)	Shì. Lǎoshī hěn [adjective]
		Búshì. Lǎoshī bù [adjective]
4	Nǐ shì [country] rén ma? (Are you Chinese/American?)	Búshì, wǒ shì [country] rén.
5	Nǐ shì nǎ guó rén? (What nationality are you?)	Wǒ shì [country] rén.
6	Shéi shì [country] rén? (Who is English/Japanese?)	[person] shì [country] rén. [person] yě shì [country] rén.
7	Nǐ shì xuésheng ma? (Are you a student?)	Shì, wǒmen dōu shì xuésheng.
8	Nǐmen shì nǎ guó rén? (What nationality are you?)	Wǒmen dōu shì [country] rén.