Lesson Four
Nǐ Shì Nǎguó Rén?

Dialogue I

Read the following passage and say whether each of the statements is true or false

Yuēhàn shì Mǎlì de gēge, tā yě shì Dàwèi hé Déhuá de dàxué tóngxué. Tā xiànzài zài Měiguó gōngsī zuò shēngyī. Tā zuò Zhōngguó shēngyī. Tā chángcháng qù Zhōngguó. Tā de gōngzuò tài máng le. Déhuā xiànzài zài Xiānggǎng gōngzuò,tā shì lǎoshī. Tā zài Xiānggǎng Dàxué jiāo Yīngyǔ. Déhuá de nǚ péngyou jiào Lìměi. Tā yě shì lǎoshī. Tā zài zhōngxué jiāo yīnyuè.

Vocabulary

Notes

1　‘Qǐngwèn’ This is a polite form of inquiry. It is used to ask someone something.

2　‘Nín guìxìng?’ It is a polite way of asking someone's surname. The answer is ‘Wǒ xìng…’. Don't answer ‘Wǒ guìxìng…’. When you want to ask third person's name,you shouldn't say ‘Tā guìxìng?’ Just ask ‘Tā xìng shénme?’.