How to say how are you in Chinese: 你好吗 ni3 hao3 ma? How are you?

Posted on 09/15/2011 by Chinesetolearn

How to say how are you in Chinese:
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你好吗 ni3 hao3 ma? How are you?
ni3 你 you,hao3 好 good, ma 吗 a particle to indicate the sentence is a question. 你好吗 ni2 hao3 ma how are you?
How to answer it? Normally people respond with hao3 xie4 xie 好谢谢 好good,谢谢 thanks. If you want to say very good, then you should say hen3 hao3 很好 very good. If the day is bad, then you can answer with bu4 hao3 不好 not good.

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How to say I like you in Chinese Wo3 xi3 huan1 ni3 我喜欢你 I like you

Posted on 09/15/2011 by Chinesetolearn

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Wo3 xi3 huan1 ni3 我喜欢你 I like you.
Wo3 我 I, xi3 huan1 喜欢 like, ni3 你 you. 我喜欢你 I like you.
If you want to say “I don’t like you.” All you need is to add bu4 (不 not) to negate it. Hence, I don’t like you will be Wo3 bu4 xi3 huan1 ni3 我不喜欢你.
If you want to deepen the like to love, you need to know the word ai4 爱love. So, I love you will be Wo3 ai4 ni3 我爱你. Guess what will be I don’t love you? Yes, it is easy, just to put bu4 不in front of the verb ai4 爱 to negate the meaning. Wo3 bu4 ai4 ni3 我不爱你.
Tone rule: when bu4 go with another verb also is fourth tone, the bu4 will be changed to second tone. So, bu4 ai4 should be pronounced as bu2 ai4.

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