Dialogues

1. 你学什么专业? Nǐ xué shénme zhuānyè?
What’s your major?
你 nǐ, is you.
什么 shénme, what.
学 xué , the second tone, which means learning.
专业 zhuānyè, the first tone and the forth tone which means major.
Together 你学什么专业? What’s your major?

2. 我们的课很有意思。Wǒmen de kè hěn yǒu yìsi.
Our lessons are very interesting.

The Chinese for our lessons are very interesting could be 我们的课很有意思.
我们的 wǒmen de, our.
课 kè, lesson.
很 hěn, very.
有意思 yǒu yìsi, interesting.
我们的课很有意思. Our lessons are very interesting.

3. 我们学校老师的水平都很高。Wǒmen xuéxiào lǎoshī de shuǐpíng dōu hěn gāo.
Our professors are all very well qualified.

我们学校老师的水平都很高, it means our professors are all very well qualified.
我们 wǒmen, our.
学校 xuéxiào, the second tone and the forth tone which means school.
老师 lǎosh, the third tone and the first tone. It’s the Chinese for teacher.
水平 shuǐpíng , level.
都 dōu, means all.
很高 hěn gāo, very high.
我们学校老师的水平都很高. Our professors are all very well qualified.

4 . 可以补考吗?Kěyǐ bǔkǎo ma?
Can they take the examination again?
可以 kěyǐ, both in the third tone. It means could.
补考 bǔkǎo, both in the third tone which means to take the examination again.
吗 ma, the particle, comes at the end of the question.