LESSON NOTES

3-Minute Chinese S1 #18

Possession

CONTENTS
2 Simplified Chinese
2 Traditional Chinese
2 Pinyin
2 English
3 Vocabulary
3 Sample Sentences
4 Grammar
5 Cultural Insight

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 SIMPLIFIED CHINESE

1. 有笔吗？

2. 你有笔吗？

3. 有啊。

4. 有，给你。

TRADITIONAL CHINESE

1. 有筆嗎？

2. 你有筆嗎？

3. 有啊。

4. 有，給你。

PINYIN

1. yǒu bǐ ma ?

2. nǐ yǒu bǐ ma ?

3. yǒu ā .

4. yǒu , gěi nǐ .

ENGLISH
CONT'D OVER

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1. Do you have a pen?

2. Do you have a pen?

3. Yes, I have.

4. Yes, here you are.

VOCABULARY

S implifie d Tr aditional Pinyin English C lass

给 gěi to give verb

笔 bǐ pen noun

吗 ma question marker particle

有 有 yǒu to have verb

你 你 nǐ you pronoun

啊 啊 a mood particle mood particle

SAMPLE SENTENCES

我没有钱。 他们院子里有太多垃圾了。
Wǒ méiyǒu qián . tāmen yuànzi lǐ yǒu tài duō lājī le .

I have no money. They have too much garbage in their

garden.

这儿有图书馆吗？ 是你吗？
Zhèr yǒu túshūguǎn ma? Shì nǐ ma?

Is there a library around here? Is it you?

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哇，好多事情啊。
Wa, hǎo duō shìqíng a.

Wow, so many things!

GRAMMAR

In this lesson you will learn how to talk about possession.

Register Thai Romanization English

Do you have a
Phrase 1 informal 有笔吗 ？ yǒu bǐ ma ? pen?

Word 1 有 yǒu to have

Word 2 笔 bǐ pen

question
Word 3 吗 ma marker

Do you have a
Phrase 2 formal 你有笔吗 ？ nǐ yǒu bǐ ma ? pen?

Word 1 你 nǐ you

Word 2 有 yǒu to have

Word 3 笔 bǐ pen

question
Word 4 吗 ma marker

Phrase 3 informal 有啊 。 yǒu ā . Yes, I have.

Word 1 有 yǒu to have

Word 2 啊 a mood particle

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 Yes, here you
Phrase 4
formal 有 ， 给你 。 yǒu , gěi nǐ . are.

Word 1 有 yǒu to have

Word 2 给 gěi to give

Word 3 你 nǐ you

CULTURAL INSIGHT

Although Nǐ yǒu qìchē ma? and Nǐ yǒu méiyǒu qìchē? both mean “do you have a car?”, Nǐ yǒu
qìchē ma? is a little more formal than Nǐ yǒu méiyǒu qìchē? When you say Nǐ yǒu méiyǒu
qìchē?, you should be be careful about your tone, or you might sound rude.

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