Basic Sentence Pattern (part 3 Lesson 4)

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Sentence Pattern:

Subject - Adverb - Verb - OBJECT(Number-Measure Word-Noun)



Chinese: Wo you didi.
Tone Marks: Wang2 xian1sheng1 you3 di4di5.
English: Mr. Wang has a younger brother.



Chinese: Wo you liangge meimei.
Tone Marks: Wo3 you3 liang3ge4 mei4mei4.
English: I have two younger sisters.



Chinese: Xiao Peng meiyou nuuer.
Tone Marks: Xiao3 Gao1 mei2you3 nuuer.
English: Xiao Gao has no daughter.



Chinese: Lao Zhang ye meiyou erzi.
Tone Marks: Lao3 Zhang1 ye3 mei2you3 er2zi5.
English: Lao Zhang has also no son.



Vocabulary Build-up:
xiansheng - mister
you - have
didi - younger brother
liang - two, pair, a couple of
ge - measure word
meimei - younger sister
meiyou - doesn't have
nuuer - daughter