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Self-Introduction in Chinese Mandarin

If you have to introduce yourself to Chinese people or those who can only speak in Chinese, it’s better for you to use their language; so you can be easily appreciated by them!

One thing to remember: speak it properly, but don’t act like you are a real Chinese! They will just laugh at you if you do that.

First of all, greet them with “hello” to show that you’re a friendly person. A proper “hello” in Chinese is “n? h?o” [??] from the word n? (you) [?] and h?o [?] (good).

To introduce your name just say:

“W? sh? [your name]”

“? ? [your name]”

It consists of the words:

  • W? [?] = me
  • Sh? [?] = to be (is, am, are)

For example, if I want to introduce myself so it should be something like this: (more…)

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English Studies! about present tenses

Maybe some of you faced a difficulty in tenses studies. You may be confused what tenses should you use and for which sentences, right? As a student, i realize that too..

So here i`ll explain all the tenses (16 tenses)

But, in this passage, i`ll explain 2 tenses first, about the two basic of present tenses include simple present and present continuous!

This is the two basic tenses that i got since elementary school

Here we goes..

1. Simple present tense (S-V-O)

* to talk about habit that we do and be continued till now (but that doesn`t mean we do it right now, at this moment)

e.g: I always play basketball every sunday

(This is my habit. Every sunday, i play basketball.)

* to talk about truth and general fact

e.g: Sun rise from the east

(We all know that sun rise from the east, and it can`t be change)

—but pay attention to the form of this tense!!—

~for subject : i, you, we, they, the verb not change.

Negative form and the question form change and looked at this example.
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