Unit 19 Guidebook: greet people


KEY PHRASES

Greet people

他们住在哪儿?
Where do they live?

我的医生是纽约人。
My doctor is from New York.

她住在台湾。
She lives in Taiwan.

这个人是谁?
Who is this person?

她有姐姐吗?
Does she have an older sister?
她有四个姐姐。
She has four older sisters.
TIP

Measure Words

To talk about how many of something there is in Chinese, you need a measure word between the number and the noun. This is kind of like saying One piece of paper or Two cups of coffee. The most common measure word in Chinese is (ge).

三个学生
(sān ge xuésheng) three students
她有四个姐姐。
(Tā yǒu sì ge jiějie.) She has four sisters.

We also need a measure word after 这 (zhè, this), 那 (nà, that) and 哪 (nǎ, which).


(nà ge rén) that person
老师?
(Nǎ ge lǎoshī?) Which teacher?