sentence and setence structures chinese lesson 1

你今天下午来我家玩儿，好吗？ Nǐ jīntiān xiàwǔ lái wǒ jiā wánr, hǎo ma?

Come to my house to play this afternoon, okay?

我家住在北京路68号301室。 Wǒ jiā zhù zài Běijīng Lù liùshíbā hào sānlíngyī shì.

My family lives in Room 301 at Number 68 Beijing Road.

一会儿见！ Yíhuìr jiàn!

See you in a little while!

你家住在哪儿？ Nǐ jiā zhù zài nǎr?

Where does your family live?

我住在上海路20号501室。 Wǒ zhù zài Shànghǎi Lù èrshí hào wǔlíngyī shì.

I live in Room 501 at Number 20 Shanghai Road.

我今天晚上可以去你家玩儿吗？ Wǒ jīntiān wǎnshang kěyǐ qù nǐ jiā wánr ma?

Can I go to your house to play tonight?

我十点去你家，好吗？ Wǒ shí diǎn qù nǐ jiā, hǎo ma?

Is it okay if I go to your house at ten?

今天下午见！ Jīntiān xiàwǔ jiàn!

See you this afternoon!

What does 你家住在哪儿 mean word by word?

你家 means your family or home, 住 means live, 在 means at, and 哪儿 means where

How is 你家住在哪儿 structured?

subject followed by verb followed by location question

What does 我住在上海路20号501室 mean word by word?

我 means I, 住在 means live at, 上海路 means Shanghai Road, 20号 means Number 20, and 501室 means Room 501

How are Chinese addresses structured?

road name followed by the street number followed by the room number

What does 我今天晚上可以去你家玩儿吗 mean word by word?

我 means I, 今天晚上 means tonight, 可以 means can, 去 means go, 你家 means your house, 玩儿 means play, and 吗 makes it a question

How is 我今天晚上可以去你家玩儿吗 structured?

subject followed by time followed by can followed by action followed by destination followed by activity followed by 吗

What does 吗 do at the end of a sentence?

it changes a statement into a yes or no question

What does 好吗 mean at the end of a sentence?

it asks whether a suggestion or plan is okay

What does 我十点去你家，好吗 mean word by word?

我 means I, 十点 means ten o’clock, 去 means go, 你家 means your house, and 好吗 means is that okay

How is 我十点去你家，好吗 structured?

subject followed by time followed by action followed by destination followed by 好吗

What is the difference between 来 and 去?

来 means to come toward a place and 去 means to go away toward another place

Where does the time usually appear in a Chinese sentence?

after the subject and before the main action

What does 今天下午见 mean word by word?

今天 means today, 下午 means afternoon, and 见 means see

Why does 玩儿 sound like wánr?

儿 joins the previous word and adds an r sound