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Learn to Read Chinese: Final Sounds (Occupation), Asking Questions with 吗 (ma), 们 (men) for Plural

A final* is a sound (or sounds) that ends a Chinese syllable*. All finals contain at least one vowel* (for example, a, ao, ing). Let’s look at some of the simplest finals first. 八 bā eight (as in “father” 我 wǒ I (as in “or”) 喝 hē drink (as in “about”) 你 nǐ you (as in […]

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Learn to Read Chinese: Initial sounds (Food), 也 (yě, also), 不 (bù, not)

Initial sounds Pinyin* letters g, k, h, and s are pronounced similarly to sounds in English. 国 guó country (as in “skin”) 客 kè guest (as in “kangaroo”) 好 hǎo good (as in “hall”) 三 sān three (as in “sand”) 也 (yě, also) You already know that 也, (yě) which means also or too, always

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Structural particle 的 “de” (Chinese Grammar)

的 [de] 1. 的 [de] – a possessive particle, placed after pronouns, not used to denote family and close relationships. Examples: Chinese Pinyin English 我妈妈 wǒ māma my mother 我家 Wǒjiā my home 我国 wǒ guó my country 2. 的 [de] – is placed between the description and the subject. Examples: Chinese Pinyin English 好喝的茶

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