Unit 20 Guidebook: ask for help

KEY PHRASES

Ask for help

你说英语吗？
Do you speak English?
请帮助我。
Please help me.
你知道吗？
Do you know?
我不知道。
I don't know.
他不说汉语。
He does not speak Chinese.
好久不见！你怎么样？
Long time no see! How are you doing?
TIP

You know me!

In English, we say I know her but She knows me. In Chinese, words like I and me are always the same.

她认识我。
(Tā rènshi wǒ.) She knows me.
我认识她。
(Wǒ rènshi tā.) I know her.
他们认识她们。
(Tāmen rènshi tāmen.) They know them.