{"id":16268,"date":"2019-11-08T13:08:31","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T13:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/teaching-examination\/lesson-049-asking-questions-1-2\/"},"modified":"2019-11-08T13:08:31","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T13:08:31","slug":"lesson-049-asking-questions-1-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/lesson-049-asking-questions-1-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 049 Asking Questions (1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  \t<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/res.hjfile.cn\/pt\/vendor\/hjplayer.js'><\/script><script type='text\/javascript'>HJPlayer.init(\"hjptype=song&player=1&son=https:\/\/f1.w.hjfile.cn\/file\/201107\/lesson049.MP3&autoplay=no&caption=false&lrc=&autoreplay=1&bgcolor=FFFFFF&width=200&height=20\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p>  \tYajie: Hello, everyone. Welcome to the first Chinese Studio of the new week \u6b22\u4e50\u6c49\u8bed. I&rsquo;m Yajie.<br \/>  \tAllen: And I&rsquo;m Allen. This week, we&#39;ll be learning useful sentence structures for asking questions. For example, today we&#39;ll be learning how to ask if someone has a certain profession.<br \/>  \tY: Yes. Remember, Allen, when you saw my friend and started asking me all these questions about her? You asked, &ldquo;Is she a teacher?&rdquo; because you thought she was so warm and kind? Well, today we&#39;ll learn how to ask that question in Chinese. If you learn, maybe I&#39;ll tell you the answer.<br \/>  \tA: Really, then I&#39;ll try my best. Let&#39;s get started with the key words of the day.<\/p>\n<p>  \t***************<strong>Key Words of the Day<br \/>  \t<\/strong>Today, we&rsquo;ll learn how to deliver a question in Chinese. \u5979\u662f\u8001\u5e08\u5417\uff1fIs she a teacher? \u60a8\u662f\u533b\u751f\u5417\uff1fAre you a doctor? \u4ed6\u662f\u62a4\u58eb\u5417\uff1fIs he a nurse?&nbsp; All in today&rsquo;s Chinese Studio.<br \/>  \t****************<\/p>\n<p>  \tY: \u5979\u662f\u8001\u5e08\u5417? Is she a teacher?<br \/>  \tA: \u5979\u662f\u8001\u5e08\u5417? (Ta shi laoshi ma?)<br \/>  \tY: T-a, first tone, \u5979, means she.<br \/>  \tA: \u5979 (ta). Interestingly, I found that he in Chinese is also pronounced &ldquo;ta&rdquo;, right?<br \/>  \tY: Exactly. They are homonyms. &ldquo;Ta&rdquo;, she, and &ldquo;ta&rdquo;, he, both sound the same, but the characters are written differently.<br \/>  \tA: Oh, I see. No wonder so many Chinese confuse he and she when speaking English. In Chinese, they only have to remember&nbsp; one word, &ldquo;ta&rdquo;.<br \/>  \tY: Right. Now, let&#39;s move to the next word, sh-i, fourth tone, \u662f, which means is.<br \/>  \tA: \u662f, sh-i, is.<br \/>  \tY: Next, \u8001\u5e08, which means teacher. \u8001\u5e08 (laoshi).<br \/>  \tA: \u8001\u5e08 (laoshi), teacher.<br \/>  \tY: \u5979\u662f\u8001\u5e08\u5417? Is she a teacher?<br \/>  \tA: \u5979\u662f\u8001\u5e08\u5417? (Ta shi laoshi ma?)<br \/>  \tY: Then, if she is a teacher, the person you&#39;re asking the question to would reply \u5979\u662f\u8001\u5e08 (ta shi laoshi), She is a teacher.<br \/>  \tA: \u5979\u662f\u8001\u5e08\u5417? (Ta shi laoshi ma?) \u5979\u662f\u8001\u5e08 (ta shi laoshi). Oh, the only difference between question and statement, besides tone,&nbsp; is that with the question you have a \u5417 (ma) at the end.<br \/>  \tY: Very observant, Allen. \u5417 (ma) is very often the only difference between asking a question and making a statement in Chinese. Putting&nbsp; \u5417 (ma) at the end of a statement changes it into a question.<br \/>  \tA: \u5979\u662f\u8001\u5e08 (ta shi laoshi) She is a teacher. \u5979\u662f\u8001\u5e08\u5417? (Ta shi laoshi ma?) Is she a teacher?<\/p>\n<p>  \tConversations(1):<\/p>\n<p>  \tA: Yajie, could you please tell me what the Chinese is for doctor?<br \/>  \tY: It&rsquo;s \u533b\u751f (yisheng). Yi, \u533b; sh-eng, \u751f. Both are in the first tone.<br \/>  \tA: \u533b\u751f (yisheng).<br \/>  \tY: \u6211\u662f\u533b\u751f (wo shi yisheng), I am a doctor.<br \/>  \tA: \u6211\u662f\u533b\u751f (wo shi yisheng).<br \/>  \tY: And nurse in Chinese is \u62a4\u58eb (hushi).<br \/>  \tA: \u62a4\u58eb (hushi).<br \/>  \tY: H-u, fourth tone, \u62a4, and sh-i, \u58eb.. But here\u58eb is in the light tone. So it&rsquo;s\u62a4\u58eb (hushi).<br \/>  \tA: \u62a4\u58eb (hushi).<br \/>  \tY: How do you say, &ldquo;He is a nurse,&rdquo; Allen?<br \/>  \tA: \u4ed6\u662f\u62a4\u58eb (ta shi hushi).<br \/>  \tY: How about, &ldquo;She is a nurse?&rdquo;<br \/>  \tA: Also \u5979\u662f\u62a4\u58eb (ta shi hushi). Come on Yajie, he and she in Chinese are only written differently.<\/p>\n<p>  \tConversations(2):<\/p>\n<p>  \t***************Key Words Reminder<br \/>  \t\u5979\u662f\u8001\u5e08\u5417\uff1fIs she a teacher? \u60a8\u662f\u533b\u751f\u5417\uff1fAre you a doctor? \u4ed6\u662f\u62a4\u58eb\u5417\uff1fIs he a nurse?<br \/>  \t****************<\/p>\n<p>  \tY: Well, it&#39;s time to wrap up this edition of Chinese Studio. Now, for our question of the day: How do you say &ldquo;Is he a doctor?&rdquo;in Chinese?<br \/>  \tA: Please send your answer to Chinese@crifm.com.&nbsp; That&rsquo;s Chinese@crifm.com.<br \/>  \tY: Or, you can visit us on our website at en.chinabroadcast.cn. Just click &ldquo;Learn Chinese&rdquo;.<br \/>  \tA: Well, class is over. \u518d\u89c1\uff01<br \/>  \tY: \u660e\u5929\u89c1!<\/p>\n<p>  \t(Written by Zhao Pingping)<\/p>\n<div class=\"chine-tie-zi-nei-rong-zhi-hou\" id=\"chine-3785423445\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1889418300638825\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1889418300638825\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"7273022922\" \ndata-ad-layout-key=\"-gw-3+1f-3d+2z\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yajie: Hello, everyone. Welcome to the first Chinese Studio of the new week \u6b22\u4e50\u6c49\u8bed. I&rsquo;m Yajie.<br \/>\n  \tAllen: And I&rsquo;m Allen. This week, we&#39;ll be learning useful sentence structures for asking questions. For example, today we&#39;ll be learning how to ask if someone has a certain profession.<br \/>\n  \tY: Yes. Remember, Allen, when you saw my friend and started asking me all these questions about her? You asked, &ldquo;Is she a teacher?&rdquo; because you thought she was so warm and kind? Well, today we&#39;ll learn how to ask that question in Chinese. If you learn, maybe I&#39;ll tell you the answer.<br \/>\n  \tA: Really, then I&#39;ll try my best. 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