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Yajie: \u5927\u5bb6\u597d. Let’s perfect Chinese your way in o<\/em>nly 5 minutes a day. I’m Yajie.
Cam: \u5927\u5bb6\u597d. And I’m Cam. Yajie, we learned some useful sentence combinations last time, and we should co<\/em>ntinue with them. 
Yajie:  Good idea.  We’ll learn the usage of the Chinese character “\u7684”.<\/p>\n

********** Key words of the day<\/strong>
Today we’ ll focus on the usages of the Chinese character “\u7684”.
\u6211\u7684\uff0cmine. Tom \u7684, Tom’s. \u6211\u7684\u4e66, my book. \u8c01\u7684, whose. \u8bf7\u95ee\uff0c\u8fd9\u662f\u8c01\u7684\u4e66\uff1f May I ask whose book is this? All in today’s Chinese Studio.
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Yajie: Well, up till now, we have learned a lot of Chinese characters and words. To extend your Chinese vocabulary, let me introduce the mysterious Chinese character “\u7684”.
Cam: Why is the Chinese character “\u7684” mysterious?
Yajie: Because if you add the noun or a pro<\/em>noun to “\u7684” , then a new phrase would be formed.
Cam: Okay.  Let’s hear some examples then.
Yajie: For instance, \u6211\u7684, mine.
Cam: Oh, I see. \u6211, means I. And when there is a “\u7684” after it, the meaning is changed into mine. So “\u7684” signalizes that it belo<\/em>ngs to something, right? 
Yajie: Yes. \u6211\u7684\u4e66, my book.
Cam: \u6211\u7684\u4e66(wo de shu).
Yajie: \u6211\u7684, mine.
Cam: \u6211\u7684(wo de).
Yajie: \u4e66, s-h-u, the first tone, book.
Cam: \u4e66 (shu).
Yajie: \u6211\u7684\u4e66, my book.
Cam: \u6211\u7684\u4e66(w\u01d2 de sh\u016b).
Yajie: Right. Do you still remember the Chinese word for teacher?
Cam: Yes. It’s \u8001\u5e08(l\u01ceosh\u012b).
Yajie: \u8001\u5e08(l\u01ceosh\u012b). So how would you say a teacher’s?
Cam: \u8001\u5e08\u7684\u3002 (l\u01ceosh\u012b de).
Yajie: Great! \u8001\u5e08\u7684\u3002Teacher’s. Then how a<\/em>bout “this is my teacher’s”?
Cam: I think it’s \u8fd9\u662f\u6211\u8001\u5e08\u7684\u3002 (zhe shi wo laoshi de) \u8fd9 means this, and \u662fmeans is, \u8001\u5e08\u7684, teacher’s.<\/p>\n

Co<\/em>nversations (1)<\/p>\n

Cam: Yajie, how do I say “whose is this” in Chinese?
Yajie: “\u8fd9\u662f\u8c01\u7684”?
Cam: \u8fd9\u662f\u8c01\u7684 (zhè shì shuí de)? Whose is this?
Yajie: \u8c01, s-h-u-i, the second tone.
Cam: \u8c01 (shuí). But I also heard some Chinese people say “\u8c01(shéi)”.
Yajie: In oral Chinese, people prefer to say\u8c01(shéi), which seems to be easier to pro<\/em>nounce than “\u8c01 (shuí)”.
Cam: Ok. I see.  And \u8c01\u7684(shei de) means whose.
Yajie: “\u8fd9\u662f\u8c01\u7684” (zhe shi shei de)? Whose is this?
Cam: “\u8fd9\u662f\u8c01\u7684” (zhe shi shei de)?<\/p>\n

Co<\/em>nversations (2)<\/p>\n

Yajie: Well,  let’s say you are looking at a book, you may ask in this way \u8bf7\u95ee\uff0c\u8fd9\u662f\u8c01\u7684\u4e66\uff1fMay I ask whose book is this?
Cam: \u8bf7\u95ee\uff0c\u8fd9\u662f\u8c01\u7684\u4e66\uff1f(q\u01d0ngwèn zhè shì shéi de sh\u016b).
Yajie: \u8bf7\u95ee, may I ask.
Cam: \u8bf7\u95ee (q\u01d0ngwèn).
Yajie: \u8fd9, this. \u662f, is.
Cam: \u8fd9\u662f(zhè shì).
Yajie: \u8c01\u7684 (shéi de), whose.
Cam: \u8c01\u7684 (shéi de).
Yajie: \u4e66 (shu), book.
Cam: \u4e66 (sh\u016b).
Yajie: \u8bf7\u95ee\uff0c\u8fd9\u662f\u8c01\u7684\u4e66\uff1f May I ask whose book is this?
Cam: \u8bf7\u95ee\uff0c\u8fd9\u662f\u8c01\u7684\u4e66\uff1f(q\u01d0ngwèn zhè shì shéi de sh\u016b).<\/p>\n

Co<\/em>nversations (3)
 
**********Key Words Reminder
Today we focused on the usages of the Chinese character “\u7684”.
\u6211\u7684\uff0cmine. Tom \u7684, Tom’s. \u6211\u7684\u4e66, my book. \u8c01\u7684, whose. \u8bf7\u95ee\uff0c\u8fd9\u662f\u8c01\u7684\u4e66\uff1f May I ask whose book is this?<\/div>\n