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Lesson 2 How are you in Chinese Ni hao ma

Posted on 2022-04-172022-04-17 By admin

This lesson teach you how to greeting in Chinese, How to Epress How are you in Chinese and more daily exression.

你 好 吗? How are you?

Nǐ hǎo ma?

我 很 好, 你 呢? I am fine, what about you?

Wǒ hěn hǎo, nǐ ne?

我 也 很 好。 I also feel great.

Wǒ yě hěn hǎo.

Dialogue

Note: “How are you” greetings in Chinese.

A: 你 好 吗 ?

nǐ hǎo ma ?

How are you?

 

B: 我 很 好 , 你 呢 ?

wǒ hěn hǎo , nǐ ne ?

I’m (very) fine, what about you?

 

A: 我 也 很 好 。

wǒ yě hěn hǎo .

I’m fine, too.

 

A: 李梦 , 你 好 吗 ?

Lǐ mèng , nǐ hǎo ma ?

Lǐ mèng, how are you?

 

B: 我 很 好 , 你 呢 ?

Wǒ hěn hǎo , nǐ ne ?

I am fine, what about you?

 

A: 我 也 很 好 。

Wǒ yě hěn hǎo nǐ.

I am also very good.

 

A: 何燕 , 你 好 吗 ?

Hé Yàn , nǐ hǎo ma ?

Hé Yàn, how are you?

 

B: 我 很 好 , 你 呢 ?

Wǒ hěn hǎo , nǐ ne ?

I am fine, what about you?

 

A: 我 也 很 好 。

Wǒ yě hěn hǎo nǐ.

I am also very good.

 

Vocabulary

吗 ma particle, used at the end of the “Yes-No question”

呢 ne particle, “Topic + 呢 ” means what about this Topic

很 hěn adv. very

也 yě adv. also

Expansion

Other ways to answer “How are you doing?”

我 还 好 。

Wǒ hái hǎo .

I’m okay.

我 还 不 错 。

Wǒ hái bú cuò .

I’m pretty good.

我 不 太 好 。

Wǒ bú tài hǎo .

I am not so good.

我 最 近 很 忙 。

Wǒ zuì jìn hěn máng .

I’m very busy recently.

Grammar

Yes-No question ending with 吗 (ma):

A “Yes-No question” is the question which can be answered with either yes or no in English. We also have this type of question in Chinese and to change a statement to a Yes-No question, we only need to place a question particle 吗 at the end of the sentence.

Sample Sentences:

 

你 好 吗 ?

nǐ hǎo ma ?

How are you?

Lily 好 吗 ?

Lily hǎo ma ?

Is Lily doing well?

John 好 吗 ?

John hǎo ma ?

Is John doing well?

Topic + 呢(ne)?= What about this Topic?

A Topic can be a person, an object, a time, a place or a sentence etc.You can either use this structure to return the same question asked by another person such as “I’m very well, and you?” “Wǒ hěn hǎo, nǐ ne?” or simply ask “what about XXX” like we use in English.”

Sample Sentences:

 

我 很 好 , 你 呢 ?

wǒ hěn hǎo , nǐ ne ?

I’m (very) fine, what about you?

Daphne 呢 ?

Daphne ne ?

How about Daphne? (Where is Daphne?)

北京 呢 ?

Běi jīng ne ?

What about (going to) Běi jīng?

后 天 呢 ?

Hòu tiān ne ?

What about the day after tomorrow?

那 个 酒 店 呢 ?

nà ge Jiǔ diàn ne ?

What about that hotel?

也(yě) = also + adj./verb

In English, we have also, too and either, all three words mean the same but used differently. Forget about the English words, because in Chinese, we only have one word to express “also”, which is “yě 也” and the only way to use it is to put it before the verb and adj.”

Sample Sentences:

 

我 也 很 好 。

wǒ yě hěn hǎo .

I’m also (very) fine.

Lily 也 很 漂 亮 。

Lily yě hěn piào liang .

Lily is also very nice.

我 也 去 。

wǒ yě qù .

I also go (there).

我 也 喜 欢 。

wǒ yě xǐ huan .

I also like (it).

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