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你叫什么名字

Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi
What's Your Name · 53 words · ~1 min
zài学校xuéxiào认识rènshile一个yí gè同学tóngxué
At school I got to know a classmate.
wèn:jiào什么shénme名字míngzi?
He asks me: "What's your name?"
shuō:jiào王小明Wáng Xiǎomíng,ne?
I say: "My name is Wang Xiaoming. And you?"
shuō:jiào李明Lǐ Míng
He says: "My name is Li Ming."
二十èrshísuì,shì中国人Zhōngguórén
He is twenty years old and is Chinese.
我们wǒmen现在xiànzàishìhǎo朋友péngyou
We are good friends now.
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Key words 生词

认识rènshito get to know
同学tóngxuéclassmate
wènto ask
名字míngziname
suìyears old
朋友péngyoufriend

Grammar note 语法点

你呢?

呢 bounces the same question back to the other person: 'and you?'

我叫王小明,你呢?
叫 + name

Use 叫 to give your name: 我叫 + name.

我叫李明。

Check yourself 小测验

1. 我在哪儿认识他?
2. 他叫什么名字?
3. 他多少岁?