2. New words and vocabulary
你(nǐ) – You
他(tā) – He
我(wǒ) – I
她(tā) – She
叫(jiào) – Called; to be called
什么(shén me)- what
叫什么(jiào shén me) – Called what
你叫什么?(nǐ jiào shén me) – You are
called what? (What’s your name?)
我叫……(wǒ jiào) – I am called….
3. Verbs in Chinese are simple. Just learn
the verb and say it after the person.
when using a question word in Chinese the
question word goes at the end of the
sentence. The question word is in the same
place as the answer. The word order for the
answer is ‘I am called Tom’ and the word
order for the question is ‘You called what?’
Think about how you ask in English ‘What is
your name?’. Chinese is much easier: ‘Your
name is what?’
