DAY 3: What’s your name? 你叫什么名字？ | Learn Chinese in Chinatown ™

Outline

你叫什么名字？	What's your name?
nǐ jiào shén me míng zi?
我叫 Joyce。	My name is Joyce.
wǒ jiào Joyce.
我叫 Michael。	My name is Michael.
wǒ jiào Michael.

Dialogue

A:	你	叫	什	么	名	字	？
	Nǐ	jiào	shén	me	míng	zi	?

What is your name?

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B:	我	叫	李	小玉	。
	Wǒ	jiào	Lǐ	xiǎoyù	.

My name is Li Xiaoyu.

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A:	你	叫	什	么	名	字	？
	Nǐ	jiào	shén	me	míng	zi	?

What is your name?

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B:	我	叫	王	安娜	。	你	呢	？
	Wǒ	jiào	Wáng	ānnà	.	Nǐ	ne	?

My name is Wang Anna. What about you?

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A:	我	叫	李	大伟	。
	Wǒ	jiào	Lǐ	dàwěi	.

My name is Li Dawei.

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A:	你	叫	什	么	名	字	？
	Nǐ	jiào	shén	me	míng	zi	?

What's your name?

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B:	我	叫	丹	丹	，	你	呢	？
	Wǒ	jiào	Dān	dān	,	nǐ	ne	?

My name is Dandan. What about you?

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A:	我	叫	Daniel	。
	Wǒ	jiào	Daniel	.

My name is Daniel.

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Vocabulary

叫	jiào	vt. to call or to be called
什么	shén me	pron. what
名字	míng zi	n. name

Expansion

Other use of the verb 叫（v. to call）

1.	老板	在	叫	你	，	快	点儿	过去	。
	Lǎobǎn	zài	jiào	nǐ	,	kuài	diǎnr	guòqù	.

The boss is calling you, hurry up.

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2.	刚刚	谁	叫	我	？
	Gānggāng	shéi	jiào	wǒ	?

Who was calling me just now?

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Grammar

Word order of the Chinese question:

In English, the word order of the question is to put the question word in the front of the sentence, but the word order of the Chinese question is to keep the word order of the statement and then change the “asked part” to the corresponding question word.