| A: 这是什么？ | |
| zhè shì shén me? | |
| B: 这是一个苹果。 | |
| Zhè shì yí gè píng guǒ. | |
| A: 那是什么？ | |
| Nà shì shén me? | |
| B: 那是一本书。 | |
| Nà shì yì běn shū. | |
| A: 这是谁? | |
| zhè shì shéi? | |
| B: 这是丽丽。 | |
| zhè shì Lì lì. | |
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This is an apple. | Download | |||||||||||||||||
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This is a book. | Download |
Lily, who is this? | Download | |||||||||||||||||
This is my mum. | Download | |||||||||||||||||
Who is that? | Download | |||||||||||||||||
That is my dad. | Download |
Is this book yours? | Download | |||||||||||||||||||||
This book is mine. | Download |
Lily, is this cup yours? | Download | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This cup is not mine. That cup is mine. | Download |
| Expressing "This" and "That" | |||||||||||||||
1) When used as a pronoun In Chinese, "This" is translated to 这 (zhè) and "that" is translated to 那 (nà). 这 (zhè) and 那 (nà) can both refer to objects and people. For example: ˙To refer to objects | |||||||||||||||
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| 这 | pronoun | This |
| 那 | pronoun | That |
