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Beginner Foundation Starter Required 12 words

Introductions and People

Talk about who someone is, where they are from, and the roles people have around you.

Goal

Learners can identify people, nationalities, classmates, teachers, and friends in direct sentences.

Say who you are, who your teacher is, and whether a person is a student.

Focus

pronouns identity nationality

Useful examples

她是我的老师。

Tā shì wǒ de lǎoshī.

She is my teacher.

他不是中国人。

Tā bú shì Zhōngguó rén.

He is not Chinese.

是, 有, and 在

Use the three most important beginner verbs for identity, possession, and location.

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Practice sentences

他是老师。

He is a teacher.

Use 他 for he or him.

她是学生。

She is a student.

Use 她 for she or her.

她是老师。

She is a teacher.

Identity or role uses 是.

他不是老师。

He is not a teacher.

Use 不是 to negate 是.

Try a few cards from this module

Sieh dir das an. Mach weiter, wenn du denkst, dass du es behalten wirst.
Bedeutungen
he; him (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant) (used before sb's name for emphasis)

Module word list

Word Pinyin Meaning Level Dictionary
he; him (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)
HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 1
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she
HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 1
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shì to be (followed by substantives only)
HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 1
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不是 bú shì not; it is not that
HSK 2.0 4 HSK 3.0 4
Dictionary
中国 zhōng guó China
HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 1
Dictionary
美国 měi guó United States
HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 1
Dictionary
rén person; people
HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 1
Dictionary
学生 xué sheng student
HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 1
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老师 lǎo shī teacher
HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 1
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朋友 péng you friend
HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 1
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jiā home
HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 1
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同学 tóng xué to study at the same school
HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 1
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