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Asking the health in Chinese - Unit 7

Asking the health in easy way:

你... Nǐ...   ...your...
你身体... Nǐ shēntǐ...   ...your health?
你身体好... Nǐ shēntǐ hǎo...   ....is your health?
你身体好吗? Nǐ shēntǐ hǎo ma?   How is your health?   

Here is the answer:
I'm ill: 我病了
I'm not fine: 不太好啊
But in formal way we should answer as below

我很好。他也很好。
Wǒ hěn hǎo. Tā yě hěn hǎo.
I am okay. He is also fine.
李雪是大学生。 王军也是大学生。
Lǐ Xuě shì dàxuéshēng. Wáng Jūn yě shì dàxuéshēng.
Li Xue is a college student. Wang Jun is also a college student.
刘老师身体很好。李经理身体也很好。
Liú lǎoshī shēntǐ hěn hǎo. Lǐ jīnglǐ shēntǐ yě hěn hǎo.
Teacher Liu's health is good. Manager Li's health is also good.



Ask one's name in Chinese - Unit 6

In English when we ask other'name just with a simple sententence: "What's your name?" or "May I have your name please!"
A Chinese name has the following order: Family name + First name = Fullname
When we want to know a respected person's name, we always ask his/her Family name:
您贵姓? nín guì xìng? What is your family name?
我姓张 /Wo xing Zhang/ My family name is Zhang.
When we want to know a person such as friend's name, we ask his/her fullname:
We use: Pronoun +你叫什么名字?/jiào shénme míngzì?/
你叫什么名字? Nǐ jiào shénme míngzì? You are called by what name?
叫 /jiào/ means call or to be called
什么 /shénme/ What
名字/míngzi/ Name
And the answer structure is:  Pronoun + 叫 + Fullname
Example:
A: 您贵姓?
B:  我姓张, 我叫“张东” /zhangdong/. 你叫什么名字?
A: 我叫麦克 /màikè/ I am called Mike

Ask/Introduce one's nationalities in Chinese - Unit 5

In the last lesson we learn about Countries and Nationalities, today we continue to introduce one's nationalities in Chinese

我是美国人。 Wǒ shì Měiguórén. I am American.
你是美国人吗? Nǐ shì Měiguórén ma? Are you American?
他是中国人。Tā shì Zhōngguórén. He is Chinese.
他是中国人吗? Tā shì Zhōngguórén ma? Is he Chinese?
她是德国人。Tā shì Déguórén. She is German.
你们是印度人吗?Nǐmen shì Yìndùrén ma? Are you all Indian?
他们是英国人。 Tāmen shì Yīngguórén. They are English.

Example:
A: 他是中国人吗?/Tā shì Zhōngguórén ma?/ Is he Chinese?
B: 不是, 他是中国人. / bú shì,Tā bú shì Zhōngguórén/ No, He is not Chinese.

Note: 是 means yes, 不是 means no, not

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