A little Chinese story/Vocabulary Review

From Create Your Own Story

So, the vocabulary we have learned from each page:

中國短篇小說:

• 中(Zhōng) = Middle, center, in
• 國(guó) = Country, Nation
• 中(Zhōng)國(guó) = China (PRC, not ROC)
• 短(duǎn) = Short, brief
• 篇(piān) = paragraph
• 短(duǎn)篇(piān) = short piece (written)
• 小(xiǎo) = Small
• 說(shuō) = Say, speak
• 小(xiǎo)說(shuō) = Story
• 短(duǎn)篇(piān)小(xiǎo)說(shuō) = Short Story
• 中(Zhōng)國(guó)短(duǎn)篇(piān)小(xiǎo)說(shuō) = Chinese short stories
• 不(bù) = No, not
• 嗎(ma) = Turns the sentence into a question

Story Begin:

• 我(wǒ) = I, me
• 是(shì) = Be verb (is, am, are, was, were, will be)
• 男(nán) = Male
• 女(nǚ) = Female
• 人(rén) = Person
• 男(nán)人(rén) = Male person
• 女(nǚ)人(rén) = Female person

我是男人/我是女人:

• 你（nǐ) = You
• 好(hǎo) = Good
• 不(bù)好(hǎo) = Not good

我是好(男)/我是好(女):

• 今(jīn) = Today, but cannot be used by itself
• 天(tiān) = Day
• 今(jīn)天(tiān) = Today
• 你(nǐ)好(hǎo) = Hello
• 呢(ne) = Returns the same question back to the one who asked it.