Sentence Pattern

yòng hàn yǔ zěn me shuō…?
用汉语怎么说
How do you say … in Chinese?

… shì shén me yì sī?
……是什么意思？
What does …. mean?

nǐ jué de . . . zěn me yàng?
你觉得…怎么样？
What do you think of…?

yīn wèi . . . , suǒ yǐ . . .
因为…,所以…
Because…, so/therefore…

nǐ xiǎng hē diǎn . . . ma?
你想喝点…吗？
Would you like to drink…?

nǐ xiǎng hē diǎn shén me?
你想喝点什么？
What would you like to drink?

Sentence Structure

Statement:
Subject + time + place + (predicate) verb + object

for example:

wǒ míng tiān shàng wǔ shí diǎn zài pǔ dōng jī chǎng jiē yí gè kè hù.
我明天上午十点在浦东机场接一个客户。
I will pick up a client at Pudong Airport tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock.

wǒ men zhè gè xīng qī wǔ xià wǔ liǎng diǎn zài dì èr huì yì shì kāi huì.
我们这个星期五下午两点在第二会议室开会。
We will have a meeting at 2 pm this Friday in Conference Room 2.

tā jīn tiān xià wǔ zài tǐ yù guǎn dǎ lán qiú.
他今天下午在体育馆打篮球。
He will play basketball in the stadium this afternoon.

Yes or No question:

Subject + time + place + (predicate) verb + object + ma吗?

for example:

nǐ míng tiān shàng wǔ shí diǎn zài pǔ dōng jī chǎng jiē yí gè kè hù ma?
你明天上午十点在浦东机场接一个客户吗？
Are you picking up a client at Pudong Airport tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock?

nǐ men zhè gè xīng qī wǔ xià wǔ liǎng diǎn zài dì èr huì yì shì kāi huì ma?
你们这个星期五下午两点在第二会议室开会吗？
Do you have a meeting at 2 pm this Friday in Conference Room 2?

tā jīn tiān xià wǔ zài tǐ yù guǎn dǎ lán qiú ma?
他今天下午在体育馆打篮球吗？
Is he playing basketball at the stadium this afternoon?

Wh question:

Subject + wh + (predicate) verb + object?

or

Subject + (predicate) verb + wh?

for example:

zhè shì shén me?
这是什么？
What is this?

nǐ zài chī shén me?
你在吃什么？
What are you eating?

nǐ zài shuō shén me?
你在说什么？
What are you talking about?

tā zài nǎ lǐ?
他在哪里？
Where is he?

tā shì shuí?
他是谁？
Who is he?

nǐ zěn me yàng?
你怎么样？
How are you doing?

nǐ wèi shén me xué hàn yǔ?
你为什么学汉语？
Why do you learn Chinese?

tā shén me shí hòu lái gōng sī?
他什么时候来公司？
When will he come to company?

Vocabulary:

shén me 什么 what
wèi shén me 为什么 why
shén me shí hòu 什么时候 when
nǎ lǐ  哪里 where
shuí 谁 who
zěn me yàng 怎么样 how