{"id":5838,"date":"2019-11-16T16:54:20","date_gmt":"2019-11-16T16:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/business-chinese\/lesson-042-whats-your-nationality\/"},"modified":"2019-11-16T16:54:20","modified_gmt":"2019-11-16T16:54:20","slug":"lesson-042-whats-your-nationality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/vi\/lesson-042-whats-your-nationality\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 042 What\u2019s Your Nationality?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>M: Pengyoumen, huanying dao Xianzai Xue Hanyu. Wo shi ML <br \/>  S: Wo shi Stuart. Let&rsquo;s not waste time, wo men bu yao langfei shijian. <br \/>  M: yi er san, kaishi! <br \/>  S: And we kaishi with the your homework, nimen de gongke. <br \/>  M: Yes, you should have been speaking loudly to yourself in Chinese for at least 15 minutes. <br \/>  S: Now, we&rsquo;ll ask you, \u4ed6, or \u4ed6\u4eec\uff0c\u662f\u54ea\u56fd\u4eba? Ta, or tamen, shi nei guo ren? <br \/>  M: And you answer, &lsquo;American&rsquo;. \u51c6\u5907\uff0cget ready, zhunbai. Kaishi. <br \/>  S: Ta shi ne guo ren? <br \/>  M: Dui le! Ta shi meiguo ren. Ta shi meiguo ren. <br \/>  S: Now answer, New Zealanders. Tamen shi nei guo ren? <br \/>  M: Hen hao! Tamen shi Xinxilan ren. Tamen shi Xinxilan ren. <br \/>  S: Now, British. Ta shi nei guo ren? <br \/>  M: Dui le! Ta shi Yingguo ren. Ta shi Yingguo ren. <br \/>  S: Now, Aussies. Tamen shi nei guo ren? <br \/>  M: Tamen shi Aodaliya ren. Tamen shi Aodaliya ren. <br \/>  S: Too easy, \u592a\u5bb9\u6613, tai rong yi. So try this. Three are Irish, two are Canadians. Tamen shi neiguo ren? <br \/>  M: Dui le, tai hao le! \u4e09\u4e2a\u662f\u7231\u5c14\u5170\u4eba\uff0c\u4e24\u4e2a\u662f\u52a0\u62ff\u5927\u4eba. San ge shi Aierlan ren. Liang ge shi Jianada ren. <br \/>  S: Refreshed after that long break, here we go again. If you want to use a classifier for people that is a bit formal, you can use \u4f4d\uff0cwei WEI wei, instead of ge. Let&rsquo;s try it, again, three Irish, two Canadians. Tamen shi nei guo ren? <br \/>  M: \u4e09\u4f4d\u662f\u7231\u5c14\u5170\u4eba\uff0c\u4e24\u4f4d\u662f\u52a0\u62ff\u5927\u4eba. San wei shi Aierlan ren. Liang wei shi Jianada ren. <br \/>  S: Pretty good! Try using wei again, but this time it&rsquo;s &lsquo;two New Zealanders, four Americans&rsquo;. Tamen shi nei guo ren? <br \/>  M: \u4e24\u4f4d\u662f\u65b0\u897f\u5170\u4eba\uff0c\u56db\u4f4d\u662f\u7f8e\u56fd\u4eba. Liang wei shi Xinxilan ren, si wei shi Meiguo ren. <br \/>  S: \u518d\u6765\u4e00\u6b21\uff0co<em><\/em>nce again, zai lai yi ci. This time all on your own, then ML will say it with you. Tamen shi nei guo ren? <br \/>  M: &hellip;.\u4e24\u4f4d\u662f\u65b0\u897f\u5170\u4eba\uff0c\u56db\u4f4d\u662f\u7f8e\u56fd\u4eba. Liang wei shi Xinxilan ren, si wei shi Meiguo ren. <br \/>  S: Tai hao le! You&rsquo;re all so clever. \u4f60\u4eec\u90fd\u8fd9\u4e48\u806a\u660e, nimen dou zheme congming! Agree ML? \u4f60\u540c\u610f\u5417?<\/p>\n<p>  M: Wo tongyi. <br \/>  S: One more thing before we go. \u7f8e\u56fd\u4eba, meiguo ren, we know means &lsquo;American person&rsquo;, an American. <br \/>  M: But how do we say &lsquo;American&rsquo; as an adjective? Like in &lsquo;it&rsquo;s American&rsquo;. We say, \u7f8e\u56fd\u7684, Meiguo de. Add the little &lsquo;de&rsquo;. Meiguo de. <br \/>  S: A bit of grammar now. The de is a possessive particle. We&rsquo;ve learnt it in mine, wo de, yours, ni de etc. So meiguo de literally means &lsquo;of America&rsquo;, that is, American. Or it could mean, &lsquo;belo<em><\/em>ngs to America&rsquo;. It depends on the context. <br \/>  M: Now, for your gongke, homework, look at different things around you, imagine something is American, or comes from America, and say \u90a3\u662f\u7f8e\u56fd\u7684, That&rsquo;s American, na shi meiguode. 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