# Chinese (Mandarin)/Lesson 8

# Lesson 8

# 她是谁？

## Dialogues

*You can check out the translation
here*

### Dialogue 1

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| Simplified Characters            | Traditional Characters           |
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| 杨勋：你今天好吗？\              | 楊勳：你今天好嗎？\              |
| 何铭：我很好。\                  | 何銘：我很好。\                  |
| 杨勋：你吃饭了吗？\              | 楊勳：你吃飯了嗎？\              |
| 何铭：还没。\                    | 何銘：還沒。\                    |
| 杨勋：要不要一起去吃饭？\        | 楊勳：要不要一起去吃飯？\        |
| 何铭：好啊。我昨天看到           | 何銘：好啊。我昨天看到           |
| 你跟一个女生去图书馆，她是谁？\  | 你跟一個女生去圖書館，她是誰？\  |
| 杨                               | 楊                               |
| 勋：她是我的女朋友，她叫陈洁。\  | 勳：她是我的女朋友，她叫陳潔。\  |
| 何铭                             | 何銘                             |
| ：原来你有女朋友，这么厉害啊！\  | ：原來你有女朋友，這麼厲害啊！\  |
| 杨勋：哪                         | 楊勳：哪                         |
| 里，不敢当。我们要去哪里吃饭？\  | 裡，不敢當。我們要去哪裡吃飯？\  |
| 何铭：都可以。                   | 何銘：都可以。                   |
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| Pīnyīn                           |                                  |
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| Yáng Xūn: Nǐ jīntiān hǎo ma?\    |                                  |
| Hé Míng: Wǒ hěn hǎo.\            |                                  |
| Yáng Xūn: Nǐ chīfàn le ma?\      |                                  |
| Hé Míng: Hái méi.\               |                                  |
| Yáng Xūn: Yào bú yào yīqǐ qù     |                                  |
| chīfàn?\                         |                                  |
| Hé Míng: Hǎo ā. Wǒ zuótiān       |                                  |
| kàndào nǐ gēn yīge nǚshēng qù    |                                  |
| túshūguǎn, tā shì sheí?\         |                                  |
| Yáng Xūn: Tā shì wǒ de           |                                  |
| nǚpéngyǒu, tā jiào Chén Jié.\    |                                  |
| Hé Míng: Yuánlái nǐ yǒu          |                                  |
| nǚpéngyǒu, zhème lìhài a!\       |                                  |
| Yáng Xūn: Nǎli, bùgǎndāng. Wǒmen |                                  |
| yào qù nǎli chīfàn?\             |                                  |
| Hé Míng: Dōu kěyǐ.\              |                                  |
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### Dialogue 2

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| Simplified           | Traditional          | Pinyin               |
| Characters           | Characters           |                      |
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| 王明：我叫王         | 王明：我叫王         | Wáng míng: Wǒ jiào   |
| 明。你叫什么名字？\  | 明。你叫什麼名字？\  | wáng míng. Nǐ jiào   |
| 李红：我叫李红。\    | 李紅：我叫李紅。\    | shén me míng zì?\    |
| 王明                 | 王明                 | Li hóng: Wǒ jiào li  |
| ：她的名字是什么？\  | ：她的名字是什麼？\  | hóng.\               |
| 李红：               | 李紅：               | Wáng míng: Tā de     |
| 她的名字是周朱丽。\  | 她的名字是周朱麗。\  | míng zì shì shén     |
| 王明：周朱丽         | 王明：周朱麗         | me?\                 |
| 是一个很好的名字。\  | 是一個很好的名字。\  | Li hóng: Tā de míng  |
| 李红：是，但是我     | 李紅：是，但是我     | zì shì zhōu zhū lì.\ |
| 比较喜欢你的名字。\  | 比較喜歡你的名字。\  | Wáng míng: Zhōu zhū  |
| 王明：为什么         | 王明：為什麼         | lì shì yī gè hěn hǎo |
| 比较喜欢我的名字？\  | 比較喜歡我的名字？\  | de míng zì.\         |
| 李红：因为你的       | 李紅：因為你的       | Li hóng: Shì, dàn    |
| 名字听起来很聪明。\  | 名字聽起來很聰明。\  | shì wǒ bǐ jiào xǐ    |
| 王明                 | 王明                 | huan nǐ de míng zì.\ |
| ：哪里，我不敢当。\  | ：哪裡，我不敢當。\  | Wáng míng: Wèi shé   |
|                      |                      | me bǐ jiào xǐ huan   |
|                      |                      | wǒ de míng zì?\      |
|                      |                      | Li hóng: Yīn wèi nǐ  |
|                      |                      | de míng zì tīng qǐ   |
|                      |                      | lái hěn cōng míng.\  |
|                      |                      | Wáng míng: Nǎ lǐ, wǒ |
|                      |                      | bù gǎn dāng.\        |
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## Vocabulary

         Simplified                            Traditional (if diff.)                Pīnyīn       Part of speech   English \‍[m.‍\]
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  1\.    `<big>`{=html}周朱丽`</big>`{=html}   `<big>`{=html}周朱麗`</big>`{=html}   Zhōu Zhūlì   (proper noun)                                        Person\'s Name
  2\.    `<big>`{=html}但是`</big>`{=html}                                           dànshì       (conjunction)                                        but, however
  3\.    `<big>`{=html}比较`</big>`{=html}     `<big>`{=html}比較`</big>`{=html}     bǐjiào                                                            by comparison
  4\.    `<big>`{=html}喜欢`</big>`{=html}     `<big>`{=html}喜歡`</big>`{=html}     xǐhuan       (verb)                                               to like
  5\.    `<big>`{=html}为什么`</big>`{=html}   `<big>`{=html}為什麼`</big>`{=html}   wèishénme    (adverb)                                             Why (lit. \"because of what?\").
  6\.    `<big>`{=html}因为`</big>`{=html}     `<big>`{=html}因為`</big>`{=html}     yīnwèi       (conjunction)                                        because
  7\.    `<big>`{=html}听起来`</big>`{=html}   `<big>`{=html}聽起來`</big>`{=html}   tīng qǐlai   (phrase)                                             Sounds like
  8\.    `<big>`{=html}聪明`</big>`{=html}     `<big>`{=html}聰明`</big>`{=html}     cōngmíng     (adjective)                                          intelligent
  9\.    `<big>`{=html}哪里`</big>`{=html}     `<big>`{=html}哪裡`</big>`{=html}     nǎli         (noun)                                               lit. Nowhere, can be used as a polite response to a complement.
  10\.   `<big>`{=html}不敢当`</big>`{=html}   `<big>`{=html}不敢當`</big>`{=html}   bùgǎndāng    (phrase)                                             I don\'t accept (not at all) / polite response to a compliment
  11\.   `<big>`{=html}还没`</big>`{=html}     `<big>`{=html}還沒`</big>`{=html}     háiméi       (conjunction)                                        not yet
  12\.   `<big>`{=html}图书馆`</big>`{=html}   `<big>`{=html}圖書館`</big>`{=html}   túshūguǎn    (noun)                                               library
  13\.   `<big>`{=html}名字`</big>`{=html}                                           míngzi       (noun)                                               name
  14\.   `<big>`{=html}女朋友`</big>`{=html}                                         nǚpéngyǒu    (noun)                                               girlfriend
  15\.   `<big>`{=html}昨天`</big>`{=html}                                           zuótiān      (noun)                                               yesterday
                                                                                                                                                       

## Grammar

## Translation of the text

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| Chinese characters   | Sentences breakdown | English translation  |
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| **Text 1**           | **Text 1**          | **Text 1** Yang Xun: |
| 楊勳：你今天好嗎?\   |                     | How are you today?\  |
| 何銘：我很好。\      |                     | He Ming: I\'m very   |
| 楊勳：你吃飯了嗎？\  |                     | good.\               |
| 何銘：還沒。\        |                     | Yang Xun: Have you   |
| 楊勳                 |                     | eaten yet?\          |
| ：要不要一起去吃飯?\ |                     | He Ming: Not yet.\   |
| 何銘：好啊。         |                     | Yang Xun: Would you  |
| 我昨天看到你跟一個女 |                     | like to go eat       |
| 生去圖書館,她是誰?\  |                     | together?\           |
| 楊勳:                |                     | He Ming: Sure.       |
| 她是我               |                     | Yesterday, I saw you |
| 的女朋友,她叫陳潔。\ |                     | going to the library |
| 何銘:                |                     | with a girl, who is  |
| 原來你有             |                     | she?\                |
| 女朋友,這麼厲害啊!\  |                     | Yang Xun: She is my  |
| 楊勳: 哪裡,          |                     | girlfriend, her name |
| 不敢當               |                     | is Chen Jie.\        |
| 。我們要去哪裡吃飯?\ |                     | He Ming: All along   |
| 何銘: 都可以。\      |                     | you have had a       |
|                      |                     | girlfriend, it\'s so |
|                      |                     | good!\               |
|                      |                     | Yang Xun: Thanks,    |
|                      |                     | that\'s flattering.  |
|                      |                     | Where do you want to |
|                      |                     | go to eat?\          |
|                      |                     | He Ming: Anywhere is |
|                      |                     | fine.\               |
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| Chinese characters   | Sentences breakdown  | English translation  |
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| **Text 2**           | **Text 2** Wang      | **Text 2** Wang      |
| 王明：我叫王         | Ming: I called Wang  | Ming: My name is     |
| 明。你叫什麼名字？\  | Ming. You called     | Wang Ming. What is   |
| 李紅：我叫李紅。\    | what name?\          | your name?\          |
| 王明                 | Li Hong: I called Li | Li Hong: My name is  |
| ：她的名字是什麼？\  | Hong.\               | Li Hong.\            |
| 李紅：               | Wang Ming: Her name  | Wang Ming: What is   |
| 她的名字是周朱麗。\  | is what?\            | her name?\           |
| 王明：周朱麗         | Li Hong: Her name is | Li Hong: Her name is |
| 是一個很好的名字。\  | Zhou Zhuli.\         | Zhou Zhuli.\         |
| 李紅：是,            | Wang Ming: Zhou      | Wang Ming: Zhou      |
| 但是我               | Zhuli is very good   | Zhuli is a very good |
| 比較喜歡你的名字。\  | name.\               | name.\               |
| 王明:                | Li Hong: Yes, but I  | Li Hong: Yes, but I  |
| 為什                 | relatively (implied: | like your name       |
| 麼比較喜歡我的名字?\ | more) like your      | better.\             |
| 李紅:                | name.\               | Wang Ming: Why do    |
| 因為你的             | Wang Ming: Why (lit: | you like my name     |
| 名字聽起來很聰明。\  | for what) relatively | better?\             |
| 王明: 哪裡,          | like my name?\       | Li Hong: Because     |
| 我不敢當。\          | Li Hong: Because     | your name sounds     |
|                      | your name sounds     | very intelligent.\   |
|                      | (lit: hear-startup,  | Wang Ming: Oh no, I  |
|                      | hear-start-come)     | wouldn\'t say that.\ |
|                      | intelligent.\        |                      |
|                      | Wang Ming: Where, I  |                      |
|                      | don\'t dare to be    |                      |
|                      | so.\                 |                      |
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