In this example, you will figure out how to say the inquiry word who or whom and how to present somebody in Chinese.
Dialogue
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He is my father. |
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She is my mother. |
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She is my daughter. |
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What is her name? |
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Her name is Lulu. |
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She is my wife. |
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He is my son. |
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Expansion
| Characters | Pinyin | Meaning |
| 爸爸 | bà ba | father |
| 妈妈 | mā ma | mother |
| 女儿 | nǚ ér | daughter |
| 儿子 | ér zi | son |
| 老婆 | lǎo pó | wife |
| 老公 | lǎo gōng | husband |
| 哥哥 | gē ge | elder brother |
| 弟弟 | dì di | younger brother |
| 姐姐 | jiě jie | elder sister |
| 妹妹 | mèi mei | younger sister |
| 表哥 | biǎo gē | elder male cousin |
| 表弟 | biǎo dì | younger male cousin |
| 表姐 | biǎo jiě | older female cousin |
| 表妹 | biǎo mèi | younger female cousin |
| 外婆 | wài pó | maternal grandma |
| 外公 | wài gōng | maternal grandpa |
| 奶奶 | nǎi nɑi | paternal grandma |
| 爷爷 | yé ye | paternal grandpa |
| 舅舅 | jiù jiù | uncle |
| 舅妈 | jiù mā | aunt |
Grammar
| 1) Expressing he/him or she/her with tā (他/她) | |||||||||
| In Chinese, both he/him and she/her are all pronunced the same tā, but please note that the male he/him and the female she/her are not written the same.The structure is: | |||||||||
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He is Petar. |
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She is a doctor. |
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| 2) Expressing possission with “wǒ/nǐ/tā + de” structure | ||||||||||
| In Chinese, we can use the personal pronoun such as 我(wǒ), 你(nǐ) and 他/她(tā) plus the particle “de” to express my, your and his or her. | ||||||||||
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| Besides, you can also change 我(wǒ), 你(nǐ) and 他/她(tā) to other person or object or place to express that the noun belongs to the person, object or place. | ||||||||||
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| 3) Expressing Who or Whom with 谁 （shéi） | ||
| The way to use 谁 is the same as to use other Wh-question word such as what, which, when, where, why and How. That is to work out its answer first and then to replace the “asked part” with the coppresponding question word. | ||
