Davedd Posted December 3, 2017 at 04:35 PM Report Share Posted December 3, 2017 at 04:35 PM 你好 - Nǐ hǎo - hello 我看到两个短语 - Wǒ kàn dào liǎng gè duǎnyǔ - I saw two phrases 第一 Dì yī - first 我是美国人 - Wǒ shì měiguó rén - I am American 第二 - Dì èr - second 我来自美国 - Wǒ láizì měiguó - I am from the United States 1. 题 - Tí - Question 这是否意味着.. - Zhè shìfǒu yìwèizhe.. - Does it mean that.. 我来自 - Wǒ láizì - ..I come from/I am from.. 可以一起工作 - Kěyǐ yīqǐ gōngzuò - ...can work with.. - 美国 - Měiguó - United States - 欧洲 - Ōuzhōu - Europe - 巴西 - Bāxī - Brazil - 任何国家或大陆 - Rènhé guójiā huò dàlù - Any country or continent? 最好的祝福 - Zuì hǎo de zhùfú - Best wishes 请纠正任何错误 - Qǐng jiūzhèng rènhé cuòwù - Please correct any mistakes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
889 Posted December 3, 2017 at 05:52 PM Report Share Posted December 3, 2017 at 05:52 PM Not just country or continent. If you want to speak of people coming from all parts of the country, like China, you can say 来自全国各地. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somethingfunny Posted December 3, 2017 at 07:44 PM Report Share Posted December 3, 2017 at 07:44 PM 3 hours ago, Davedd said: 可以一起工作 - Kěyǐ yīqǐ gōngzuò - ...can work with.. I don't think this is how you want to say this. I'm actually not 100% sure what the correct way would be, but I would take a guess at 可以搭配. 3 hours ago, Davedd said: - 任何国家或大陆 - Rènhé guójiā huò dàlù - Any country or continent? I think 大陆 is generally just going to be interpreted as the Chinese mainland. Again, I'm not sure what the correct term would be, but I think it would be 洲 (or perhaps 大洲?). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
陳德聰 Posted December 3, 2017 at 08:18 PM Report Share Posted December 3, 2017 at 08:18 PM *** 大陸 and 大洲 are both “continent,” but there are typically 6 大陸（包括亞歐大陸） and 7 大洲（包括歐洲和亞洲） If OP is trying to say “can work with,” then unfortunately 與X一起用 which is most straightforward does not lend itself to this type of list ordering. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davedd Posted December 4, 2017 at 12:58 PM Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2017 at 12:58 PM Thank you for all the answers! I will make it more simple to make sure its understood correctly! 我来自 - Wǒ láizì - ..I come from/I am from.. - 美国 - Měiguó - United States - 欧洲 - Ōuzhōu - Europe - 巴西 - Bāxī - Brazil Is this correct then? 我来自美国 - I am from the United States 我来自欧洲 - I am from Europe我来自巴西 - I am from Brazil 我来自中国 - I am from China Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somethingfunny Posted December 4, 2017 at 01:02 PM Report Share Posted December 4, 2017 at 01:02 PM Yes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davedd Posted December 4, 2017 at 01:31 PM Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2017 at 01:31 PM Thanks! So if I want to make similar phrases, which are simply the following: - I am American - I am European - I am Brazilian - I am Chinese I have to add the "人- rén - correct? In this way it would be the following? 我是美国人 - Wǒ shì měiguó rén - I am American (I am United States people) 我是欧洲人 - Wǒ shì ōuzhōu rén - I am European (I am Europe people) 我是巴西人 - Wǒ shì Bāxī rén - I am Brazilian (I am Brazil people) 我是 中国人 - Wǒ shì zhōngguó rén - I am Chinese (I am China people) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somethingfunny Posted December 4, 2017 at 02:24 PM Report Share Posted December 4, 2017 at 02:24 PM Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davedd Posted December 4, 2017 at 03:53 PM Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2017 at 03:53 PM Wow, this language is easier than I thought. I hope you are correct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
889 Posted December 4, 2017 at 04:46 PM Report Share Posted December 4, 2017 at 04:46 PM Enjoy it while you can. Compared with most other languages, Chinese grammar and sentence structure are a breeze: Look Ma, No Conjugations! The main difficulty is the written form, of course. And speaking so that you can be understood. Spend two or three years studying Chinese and studying hard, only to find time and again that you get a blank puzzled stare in return whenever you try to speak it. You won't be thinking Chinese is so easy then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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