| A | B |
|---|
| ma | makes a statement a question |
| Ni hao ma? | You fine? How are you? |
| Ni shi shei? | You are who? |
| ji | how many |
| Jintian ji yue ji hao? | Today how many month how many day? |
| Mingtian xingqiji? | Today what number day? today how many day? |
| Ni de shengri ji yue ji hao? | You birthday what number month what number date? |
| Ta shi ni de pengyou ma? | He/she is your friend? |
| Ta shi bu shi ni de pengyou? | He/she is no is your friend? |
| Ni jiao shenme mingzi? | You called what name? |
| xing | last name |
| Ni jia you ji ge ren? | You family have how many people? |
| Ni jinnian ji sui? | You have how many years? |
| Ni you meiyou gege? | You have no have older brother? |
| Xianzai ji dian? | Now how many o'clock? |
| Shei shi ni de hanyu laoshi? | Who is your Chinese teacher? |
| Ni you duoshao ke? | You have how many classes? |
| Ni jia you shenme ren? | You family/home hase what people? |
| shenme | what |
| shei | who |
| duoshao | how much |
| Ni you shenme ke? | You have what classes? |
| Ni you shuxue ke ma? | You have math class? |
| Ni you meiyou xibanyayu ke? | You have no have Spanish class? |
| ni ne? | and you? |
| Ni de hanyu ke zenme yang? | Your Chinese class how? |
| Ni de yingwen ke nan bu nan? | Your English class difficult not difficult? |
| zenme | how |
| shi | is/yes |
| bu shi | no/ no is |
| xihuan | yes/like |
| bu xihuan | no/ no like |
| Ta zai nar? | He/she be where? |
| Ta zai zher? | He/she be here? |
| Zhe shi shenme? | This is what? |
| Zhe shi shei de ...? | This is whose ...? |
| nar | where |
| nali | where |
| Ni gui xing? | Your honorable last name? your last name? |
| Ni de diànzi yóujiàn shì shénme? | Your e-mail address is what? |
| Ni bu zai zher? | Who no be here? |
| Benjamin zai zher ma? | Benjamin zai zher ma? |
