LESSON NOTES

3-Minute Chinese S1 #13

Who Is It?

CONTENTS
2 Simplified Chinese
2 Traditional Chinese
2 Pinyin
2 English
3 Vocabulary
3 Sample Sentences
4 Grammar
5 Cultural Insight

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 SIMPLIFIED CHINESE

1. 是谁呀？

2. 您是哪位？

3. 是我。

4. 那是我的朋友。

TRADITIONAL CHINESE

1. 是誰呀？

2. 您是哪位？

3. 是我。

4. 那是我的朋友。

PINYIN

1. shì shéiyā?

2. nín shì nǎ wèi ?

3. shì Wǒ .

4. nà shì wǒ de péngyou .

ENGLISH
CONT'D OVER

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1. Who is it?

2. Who is that?

3. It's me.

4. That is a friend of mine.

VOCABULARY

S implifie d Tr aditional Pinyin English C lass

谁 shéi who pronoun

呀 ya modal particle

我 我 wǒ I, me pronoun

是 是 shì to be verb

你 你 nǐ you pronoun

那 那 nà that pronoun

possessive
我的 wǒ de my adjective

朋友 朋友 péngyǒu friend noun

您 您 nín you (formal) pronoun

SAMPLE SENTENCES

我的朋友很帅。 他是我哥哥。
Wǒ de péngyǒu hěn shuài. Tā shì wǒ gēge.

My friend is really handsome. He is my older brother.

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是你吗？ 那是什么？
Shì nǐ ma? Nà shì shénme?

Is it you? What is that?

她本来和我是朋友，直到她知道升 他是我二十年的朋友了。
职的是我而不是她。 tā shì wǒ èrshí nián de péngyou le .
tā běnlái hé wǒ shì péngyou , zhídào tā zhīdào
shēngzhí de shì Wǒ ér bu shì tā . He has been my friend for twenty years.

She was a friend of mine until I got the

promotion instead of her.

我最好的朋友和我去哪儿都在一 他是我的朋友。
起。 Tā shì wǒ de péngyǒu.
wǒ zuì hǎo de péngyou hé wǒ qù nǎr dōu zài
yìqǐ . He is my friend.

My best friend and I go everywhere

together.

请问您贵姓？
Qǐngwèn nín guìxìng?

May I ask your surname?

GRAMMAR

In this lesson you will learn how to ask who it is.

(Note: in Chinese, you need to use "she" or "he" instead of "that.")

Register Chinese Romanization English

Phrase 1 informal 是谁呀 ？ shì shéiyā? Who is it?

Word 1 是 shì to be

Word 2 谁 shéi who

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Word 3 呀 ya modal particle

Phrase 2 formal 您是哪位？ nín shì nǎ wèi ? Who is that?

Word 1 您 nǐn you

Word 2 是 shì to be

Word 3 哪位 nǎ wèi who

Phrase 3 formal 是我 。 shì Wǒ . It's me.

Word 1 是 shì to be

Word 2 我 wǒ I, me

那是我的朋 nà shì wǒ de That is a

Phrase 4 formal 友。 péngyou . friend of mine.

Word 1 那 nà that

Word 2 是 shì to be

Word 3 我的 wǒ de my

Word 4 朋友 péngyǒu friend

CULTURAL INSIGHT

If someone that you didn't expect is knocking at your door in China, the common question you
can ask is Shéi a? before opening the door. This means "Who is it?" in a very natural way.
It can be used in all sorts of situations, but be careful with your tone. You could sound
cheerful, but you could also sound rude, depending on your tone.

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