Conversational Chinese--Greeting(2)
Conversation:
王老师:早上好!
张老师:你早!
王老师:你身体好吗?
张老师:我很好,你呢?
王老师:我也很好,谢谢。再见!
张老师:再见!
Notes:
1. 早上好! Good morning?
It is an everyday greeting that is used only when people meet each other in the morning. The reply should also be "早上好!".
2. 你呢? What about you?
It is a question asked in connection with the preceding topic, e.g. "我身体很好,你呢?" which means I’m healthy, how are you?
3. When the same character is repeated as in the above example, the second one frequently adopts a neutral tone. So this word is made up of two characters, and it’s actually the same character said twice, both fourth tones meaning "thanks".
Now depending on where you are, you may hear the second word pronounced with a neutral tone giving us xièxie, rather than xièxiè . Additionally, you can also say a more polite "谢谢你" to mean "thank you" rather than just "谢谢" meaning “thanks”.
Substitution: substituted following words for lined words
1. 你早! 你们 大家 王老师 张老师
2. 你身体好吗? 他 她 他(她)们 大家 王老师 张老师
3. 你呢? 你们 他 她 他(她) 们 大家 王老师 张老师
New Words:
早 zǎo early 早上 zǎo shànɡ morning
身体 shēn tǐ body
呢 ne (modal praticle) 你呢
也 yě either, too, also
谢谢 xiè xie thanks 谢谢你 xiè xie nǐ thank you
老师 lǎo shī teather
Proper names:
王 wánɡ (surname)
张 zhānɡ (surname)
Exercises:
1. Students:老师早上好!
Teacher:大家 !
2. A: 你好吗?
B: 我很好, ?
A: 他们身体也很好, 。