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Mar 30, 2007 02:05
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  • CHRISTINE
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孟加拉(国), Meng 4 Jia 1 La 1 (Guo 2, this word is often omitted in oral Chinese)
Mar 30, 2007 02:11
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Thanks Christine!!

Let's go on, guys.
After introducing your name, you may need to introduce your job. Of course, not every Chinese will ask you about your job. But we will be happy if you do so.
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Mar 30, 2007 02:15
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We have already learnt 我. In Chinese, 我 stands for I and Me and 我的 means My. So we can say 我是学生(Wo 3 Shi 4 Xue 2 Sheng 1) = I'm a student, or 我的工作是教师(Wo 3 De 1 Gong 1 Zuo 4 Shi 4 Jiao 4 Shi 1) = My job is to teach/I work as a teacher.

Mar 30, 2007 02:26
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我是学生(Wo 3 Shi 4 Xue 2 Sheng 1) = I'm a student:

学生 means Student. No matter you are a student in high school or university, you can say you are a 学生. But we have some other words can be used before 学生.

e.g.: 小学生(Xiao 3 Xue 2 Sheng 1), which means Pupil. 中学生(Zhong 1 Xue 2 Sheng 1) which means the students of Middle School and High School. 大学生(Da 4 Xue 2 Sheng 1) means college/university students.


Mar 30, 2007 02:31
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我的工作是教师(Wo 3 De 1 Gong 1 Zuo 4 Shi 4 Jiao 4 Shi 1) = My job is to teach/I work as a teacher：

工作 means Job, Employment, Career. 教师 equals to Teacher. We can also say 老师(Lao 3 Shi 1) to address a teacher.
Mar 30, 2007 02:35
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e.g.:
Sam: 你好，我是山姆，我是学生。
May: 你好，我叫梅。我是*你的老师。

*你的(Ni 3 De 1) means Yours.
Mar 30, 2007 02:44
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Name of some other jobs:

校长(Xiao 4 Zhang 3), the principal.
医生(Yi 1 Sheng 1), the doctor.
护士(Hu 4 Shi 4), the nurse.
服务员(Fu 2 Wu 4 Yuan 2), the waiter or waitress.
厨师(Chu 2 Shi 1), the cook.
司机(Si 1 Ji 1), the driver.
售票员(Shou 4 Piao 4 Yuan 2), the busman/woman.
警察(Jing 3 Cha 2), the policeman or police woman.
Mar 30, 2007 23:43
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Hey May,
Where is "Engineer" ?
Mar 31, 2007 01:28
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Gong1 Cheng2 Shi1 工程师
Is that your vocation, may I ask?
Mar 31, 2007 02:14
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This is really a great Chinese class! so informative!

I get a question to ask: is there someone has problems to follow PINYIN? 'cause I see this a kinda PINYIN class? Students get to ask questions, right?

so what is it?
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