Lesson:7 你 是 哪 国 人？
What nationglity are you?
A: 你 是 哪 国 人？
What nationglity are you?
B: 我 是 美国 人。你 呢？
I'm from the States. What about you?
A: 我 是 韩国 人。
I'm from South Korea.
B: 他 呢？
What about him?
A: 他 是 日本 人。
He is Japanese.
Chinese Character and Word.
美 /měi/ 汉 /hàn/ 语 /yǔ/ 哪 /nǎ/ 呢 /ne/ 韩 /hán/ 他 /tā/ 七 /qī/ 美国 /měi guó/ 韩国 /hán guó/
Chinese Grammars.
1: Differentiation：pronunciation of initials z，c，s
Pay attention to the differences between the initials(z，c， s).
xǐ zǎo，dǎ sǎo，sān cì，zì jǐ
zuó tiān，zǎo shang，cāo chǎng，hàn zì
2: Rules of Pinyin：use of y and w
If a final beginning with i，u or ü has no initial before it, y or w is used in the written form. See the following for details:
Beginning with i
(Final: i，in，ing) => (Written Form: yi，yin，ying)
(Final: ia，ie，iao，ian，iang，iong) => (Written Form: ya，ye，yao，yan，yang，yong)
(Final: iou[iu]) => (Written Form: you)
Beginning with u
(Final: u) => (Written Form: wu)
(Final: ua，uo，uai，uan，uang，ueng) => (Written Form: wa，wo，wai，wan，wang，weng)
(Final: uei[ui]，uen[un]) => (Written Form: wei，wen)
Beginning with ü
(Final: ü，üe，üan，ün) => (Written Form: yu，yue，yuan，yun)
Listen to the recording and read after it. Pay attention to the use of y and w
yóu yǒng，yǒu yì，yīng yuè，yuán yīn
qīng wā，yǐng xīng，yīng xióng，wēi xiǎn
guó wài，yīn tiān，yǔ yán，wǎng wǎng
wǎn yàn，yé ye，yíng yǎng，wǒ men
3: The Interrogative Pronouns “哪”
When the interrogative pronoun “哪” is used in a question, the structure is “哪 + measure word/noun + noun”. For example
（1）哪 本 (běn, a measure word for books) 书(shū, book)？
Which book?
（2）哪 个 (ge, a general measure word) 人？
Which man?
4: About “呢”
“呢” is here used in an abbreviated interrogative sentence where the question can be deduced from the context. The commonly used sentence pattern is “A......。B呢？”(A......, What about B?). For example:
我 是 美国 人。你 呢？
I'm from the States. What about you?
我 叫 林娜，你 呢?
My name is Lin Na, and you?
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