princess公主, prince王子, witch巫婆, angel天使

Dear friends,

Here is the Chinese lesson today, we are going to learn the Be verb 是(is, was) with the subjects 他(he) and 她(she). Please watch the following video for the example phrases:

The first phrase 1-1:

She is a princess.

她是公主

Tā shì gōng-zhǔ

她(she) + 是(is) + 公主(princess)

she

她

tā

is

是

shì

princess

公主

gōng-zhǔ

note: the subject 她(she) is a modern Chinese version, it was appeared in the modern Chinese translation from the western literature, the female subject SHE. In classic Chinese literature there were not much (even none) forms for male and female format nouns and other related verb variations as in English, French or other western languages.

note2: the Be verb 是(is) could be also used as a plural form as "are" in English, or the past tense "was, were" in English. This part of Chinese grammar is quite simple, not much plurality of past tense should be emphasized like the western languages, kind of ambiguous. Isn't it? For example: the Chinese phrase 他(he)是我的朋友(He is my friend), and 她(she)是我的朋友(She is my friend) the pronunciation are all the same in Chinese, you can not tell 他(he) or 她(she)from the pronunciations, it might cause confusion while in conversation.

The first phrase 1-2:

The girl says that she is a princess.

這女孩說她是公主

Zhè nǚ-hái shuō tā shì gōng-zhǔ

這(this) + 女孩(girl) + 說(say) + 她(she) + 是(is) + 公主(princess)

this

這

zhè

girl

女孩

nǚ-hái

say

說

shuō

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http://www.chinese-word.com/lessons/lesson-52.html

The second phrase 2-1:

He is a prince.

他是王子

Tā shì wáng-zǐ

他(he) + 是(is) + 王子(prince)

he

他

tā

prince

王子

wáng-zǐ

The second phrase 2-2:

The boy says that he is a prince.

這男孩說他是王子

Zhè nán-hái shuō tā shì wáng-zǐ

這(this) + 男孩(boy) + 說(say) + 他(he) + 是(is) + 王子(prince)

boy

男孩

nán-hái

Please check the analysis of phrases and vocabulary of this lesson via my database site:

http://www.chinese-word.com/lessons/lesson-52.html

The third phrase 3-1:

She is a witch.

她是巫婆

Tā shì wū-pó

她(is) + 是(is) + 巫婆(witch)

witch

巫婆

wū-pó

the third phrase 3-2:

No one found out that she was a witch.

沒人發現她是巫婆

Méi rén fā-xiàn tā shì wū-pó

沒人(no one) + 發現(find out) + 她(is) + 是(is) + 巫婆(witch)

no one

沒人

méi rén

沒(none) + 人(people)

find out

發現

fā-xiàn

note: the Be verb 是(is) could be also used as a plural form as "are" in English, or the past tense "was, were" in English. This part of Chinese grammar is quite simple, not much plurality of past tense should be emphasized like the western languages

Please check the analysis of phrases and vocabulary of this lesson via my database site:

http://www.chinese-word.com/lessons/lesson-52.html

The fourth phrase 4-1:

He is an angel.

他是天使

Tā shì tiān-shǐ

他(he) + 是(is) + 天使(angel)

angel

天使

tiān-shǐ

天(heaven) + 使(messenger)

The fourth phrase 4-2:

No one knows that he is an angel.

沒人知道他是天使

Méi rén zhī-dào tā shì tiān-shǐ

沒人(no one) + 知道(know) + 他(he) + 是(is) + 天使(angel)

know

知道

zhī-dào

知(know) + 道(way)

note: this 2-character word 知道(know) is a modern Chinese word.

Please check the analysis of phrases and vocabulary of this lesson via my database site:

http://www.chinese-word.com/lessons/lesson-52.html

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Andres Leo