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Lessons 1-10	Mandarin Lesson 16 你想喝什么? What would you like to drink? 我不喜欢喝咖啡。 I don't like to drink coffee. Wǒ bù xǐhuan hē kāfēi. I not like drink coffee. 很多的外国人不喜欢喝绿茶。 Many foreigners don't like to drink green tea. Hěn duōde wàiguórén bù xǐhuan hē lǜchá. Very many-of external-country-person no like drink green tea. 你想喝啤酒吗? Would you like to drink beer? Nǐ xiǎng hē píjiǔ ma? You like-want drink beer-alcohol question? 你想喝矿泉水吗? Would you like to drink mineral water? Nǐ xiǎng hē kuàngquánshuǐ ma? You like-want drink mine-fountain-water question? 陈先生想喝桔子水。 Mr. Chen would like to drink orange juice. Chén xiānsheng xiǎng hē júzishuǐ. Chen first-born like-want drink orange-thing-juice. 你想喝什么? What would you like to drink? Nǐ xiǎng hē shénme? You like-want drink what? 你喜欢喝可乐吗? Do you like to drink Cola? Nǐ xǐhuan hē kělè ma? You like drink Cola question? Back
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Links to some of our favorite sites: Instant Speak Chinese Zhongwen Red Mandarin Top List Chinese-Forums Raoul's China Saloon	Mandarin is a tone language--that is, different pitch patterns actually distinguish one word from another. Mandarin has no irregular verbs or noun plurals to learn, because words have only a single form. Because Mandarin is completely unrelated to any European language, you may think it might be difficult to develop your vocabulary. However, it really is not that difficult. Why? The reason is that the meanings of many words consisting of two or more characters can be inferred from the meanings of the characters or even the roots of individual characters. So, your vocabulary can rapidly expand when you have grasped the basic characters and character roots.