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My name is Michael Enz
- Wǒ jiào yán mǐn hào.
- 我 叫 顏 閔 浩
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I am Switzerland person
- Wǒ shì ruì shì rén
- 我 是 瑞 士 人
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I am NTU exchange student
- Wǒ shì taí dà de jīaohùan xúe shēng
- 我 是 台大 的交換學生
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I'm very happy to know you
- Wǒ hěn gāoxìng rènshì nǐ
- 我 很 高興 認識 你
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month - Jan. - Dec.
- yùe - yī yùe - shí èr yùe
- 月 - 一月 - 十二月
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week - Monday - Sunday
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this how much?
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- 這個 多少 錢
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Ok, I give you 20% discount (down to 80%)
- hǎo, wǒ gěi nǐ dǎ bā zhé
- 好, 我 給 你 打八 折
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(negative)
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What do you eat/drink? (You eat/drink what?)
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- 你 吃 / 喝 什 麼?
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one egg (one=measureword)
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repeat after me (follow me speak)
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say it again (again say one time)
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Any questions? (Have don't have question)
- yǒu méiyǒu wèntí?
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first/second/third/fourth/neutral tone
- yì/èr/sān/sì/qīng shēng
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open your book (to open book)
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and | or
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wish you birthday happy
- zhù nǐ shēngrì kuàilè
- 祝 你 生日 快樂
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this evening | what did you eat?
- jīntiān wǎnshàng | nǐ chī le shén me?
- 今天 晚上 | 你 吃 了 什麼?
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northeast / southwest
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(Fragestellung; Endwort nötig)
(Bei Verneinung nicht)
- nǐ mǎi chē ma?
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- 你 買 不買 車?
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OK? (Can?)
- hǎo bù hǎo | xíng bù xíng | kěyǐ bù kěyǐ | huì bù huì
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toilet(room) / restroom
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I am ___and ___.
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A.M. -> midday -> P.M. -> midnight
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- 上午 -> 中午 -> 下午 -> 半夜
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name/ to be called (min hào)
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by the way (just thought of something)
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to have come, been brought
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(mine / your / his / etc.) [suffix indication modification]
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we are all foreigners
- wǒmen dōu shì wàiguórén
- 我們 都 是 外國人
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Happy Mothersday! (wish you mother festival happy)
- zhù nín mǔqīn jié kuàilè
- 祝 您 母親 節 快樂
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to would like, want, think
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to have breakfast / lunch / dinner
- chī zǎofàn / zhōngfàn or wǔfàn / wǎnfàn
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last / next (for week or month)
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last / next / this (for year)
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thing, matter, affair, business
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ne (used at the end of a sentence as an interrogative)
you do not have. do you?
- nǐ méi yǒu xìnyòngkǎ. nǐ ne?
- 你 沒 有 信用卡. 你 呢?
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to take/bring (an umbrella)
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(don't) to forget
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upstairs / downstars
- lóu shàng / lóu xià
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rigth side / left side
- yòu biān/ zuǒ biān (miàn; also possible)
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inside / outside
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- 裡面 / 外面
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front / back
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above, top / under, beneath, bottom
- shàng miàn / xià miàn
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opposite side / this side
- duì miàn / zhè miàn
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more or less (left right)
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to pass / cross / go over
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