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A-5: Countries

 bù/bú pronunciation differences in different setting. 

Ask about someone's nationality.

Know the names for various country.

How to introduce yourself in complete sentences.

Use of “哪儿” to ask where.

New Vocab

Must memorize all the Pinyin and Characters listed here!

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Extended Terms

​大人  adult

老人  old people

美人 beauty

国人 country man

​家人 family

中国  China

中文 Chinese (zhōng wén)

国家 country  (guó jiā)

​*Click  on the Videos to find out lots of other country names

Song Lyrics: 你是哪国人?

你是哪国人?   Which country are you from?

repeat

我是中国人。     I am Chinese.

我是美国人。     I am American. 

我是英国人。     I am British. 

repeat

我是俄国人。      I am Russian. 

我是澳洲人。      I am Australian.

我是葡萄牙人。  I am  Portuguese

repeat

Grammar and Sentences

​Use "不是..." to negate

他不是李大中。

我不是美国人。我是英国人。

她不是加拿大人,她是西班牙人。

我的老师不是美国人,她是中国人。

Form a Question by adding ""

at the end of an statement.

你好吗?How are you?

(You good + question particle "ma"?)

你是中国人吗?Are you Chinese?

(You are Chinese + "ma"?)

他不是美国人吗? Is he not American?

(He isn't American + "ma"?)

你是王小文吗?

他是李大中吗?

Form a Question by using Question Words

Which country are you from? (question word "which"=哪)

你是哪国人?

Use phrase 是不是 (shì bú shì) to

ask a question or confirm information

The phrase 是不是 (shì bú shì) is one way of asking a question in Chinese. If you want to make a question out of a sentence that has 是 (shì) as its verb, you can do it by substituting 是 (shì) with 是不是 (shì bú shì) “be not be.”

你是白大卫吗? = 你是不是白大卫?

他是老师吗?  =  他是不是老师?

你是王小文吗?  =  你是不是王小文?

Ask the following questions using"是不是" structure.

她们是你的同学吗?

你的老师是白大卫吗?

Other Countries

意大利

日本

越南

澳大利亚

法国

德国

墨西哥

印度

俄国

​韩国

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