Lesson:14 你 贵姓？
What's your family name?
A: 你 是 哪国人？
What country are you from?
B: 我 是 中国人。
I am Chinese.
A: 你 贵姓？
What's your first name?
B: 我 姓 翁。
My first name is Weng。
A: 你 叫 什么 名字？
What's your name?
B: 我 叫 翁雄。您 是 哪国人？
My name is Weng Xiong. What country are you from?
A: 我 是 日本人。
I'm Japanese.
B: 您 贵姓？
What's your first name.
A: 我 姓 池田。
My first name is chi tian.
B: 我 怎么 称呼 您？
How do I address you?
A: 你 可以 叫 我 池田宏。
You can call me chi tian hong.
Chinese Character and Word.
贵 /guì/ 池 /chí/ 田 /tián/ 日本人 /rì běn rén/ 贵姓 /guì xìng/ 怎么 /zěn me/ 称呼 /chēng hū/ 可以 /kě yǐ/ 翁雄 /wēng xióng/ 池田 /chí tián/ 池田宏 /chí tián hóng/
Chinese Grammars.
1: About “贵姓”
“贵姓” is used to ask a person's surname in a polite way.
For example:
你 贵姓？
What's your first name?
NOTE:
(1) To answer this question, you can not say “我 贵姓.....”.
(2) You may also ask someone's surname by saying “你 姓 什么？”.
2: The Interrogative Pronoun “怎么”
The interrogative pronoun “怎么” is used before a verb to ask about the manner of an action.
For example:
我 怎么 称呼 您？
How do I address you?
这 个 字 怎么 写？
How do you write this word?
你 怎么 没 去？
Why didn't you go?
3: The auxiliary “可以”
“可以” is optative verbs used before a verb to indicate somebody can do something under certain condition. However, in most cases, “可以” is used when somebody does something under objective condition.
你 可以 叫 我 池田宏。
You can call me chi tian hong.
这儿 可以 照相 吗？
Can I take pictures here?
你 可以 试一试。
You can have a try.
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