Newbie - Living in Nanjing

(A1668)

王小姐是英国人。

W´ang Xi ˇaojie sh`ı Y¯ınggu ´o r ´en.

Miss Wang is British.

她住在南京。

t ¯a zh `u z `ai N ´anj¯ıng.

She lives in Nanjing.

她很喜欢南京。

t ¯a h ˇen xˇıhuan N ´anj¯ıng.

She really likes Nanjing.

她有一个男朋友。

t ¯a yˇou y¯ı ge n ´an p ´engyou.

She has a boyfriend.

他叫John。

t ¯a ji `ao John.

His name is John.

John

是美国人。

John sh`ı M ˇeigu ´o r ´en.

John is an American.

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他很帅。

t ¯a h ˇen shu `ai.

He’s really handsome.

他也住在南京。

t ¯a yˇe zh `u z `ai N ´anj¯ıng.

He also lives in Nanjing.

他们都很忙。

t ¯amen d ¯ou h ˇen m ´ang.

They’re both very busy.

Key Vocabulary

王

W´ang

Wang (surname)

小姐

xi ˇaojie

Miss, Mrs.

是

sh`ı

to be

英国人

Y¯ınggu ´o r ´en

British person

她

t ¯a

she

住

zh `u

to live, to reside

在

z `ai

at

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南京

N ´anj¯ıng

Nanjing

很

h ˇen

very

喜欢

xˇıhuan

to like

有

yˇou

to have

一

y¯ı

one

个

ge

[measure word]

男朋友

n ´an p ´engyou

boyfriend

他

t ¯a

he

叫

ji `ao

to be called

美国人

M ˇeigu ´o r ´en

American person

帅

shu `ai

handsome

也

yˇe

also

他们

t ¯amen

they

都

d ¯ou

both, all

忙

m ´ang

busy

Supplementary Vocabulary

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英国

Y¯ınggu ´o

Britain, England

中国

Zh ¯onggu ´o

China

中国人

Zh ¯onggu ´o r ´en

Chinese person

女朋友

n ¨uˇ

u p ´engyou

girlfriend

上海

Sh `angh ˇai

Shanghai

北京

B ˇeij¯ıng

Beijing

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