Lessons 1-10

Mandarin Lesson 34 谁买的? Who bought it?

刘 先生 在 跟 谁 说话? Who is Mr. Liu speaking with?
Liú xiānshēng zài gēn shéi shuōhuà?
Liu first-born is with who speak-talk?

谁 买 的? Who bought it?
Shéi măi de?
Who buy of?

这 是 谁的 本子? Whose notebook is this?
Zhè shì shéide bĕnzi?
This is who-of source-thing?

这 是 谁的 手机? Whose cell phone is this?
Zhè shì shéide shǒujī?
This is who-of hand-machine?

这 是 谁的 雨伞。 Whose umbrella is this?
Zhè shì shéide yŭsăn?
This is who-of rain-umbrella?

这 是 谁的 词典? Whose dictionary is this?
Zhè shì shéide cídiǎn?
This is who-of phrases-collection?

这 是 谁的 报纸? Whose newspaper is this?
Zhè shì shéide bàozhǐ?
This is who-of announce-paper?

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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.