| 1. | A: | Nín zài náli gōngzuò? | 您在哪里工作？ | Where do you work? |
| B: | Wǒ zài Měiguó Guówùyàn gōngzuò. | 我在美国国务院工作。 | I work with the State Department. | |
| 2. | A: | Ní zai náli gōngzuò? | 您在哪里工作？ | Where do you work? |
| B: | Wǒ shi xüsheng. | 我是学生。 | I'm student. | |
| 3. | A: | Nǐ lái zuò shénme? | 您来做什么？ | What did you come here to do? |
| B: | Wǒ lái niàn shū. | 我来念书。 | I came here to study. | |
| 4. | A: | Nǐ niàn shénme? | 你念什么？ | What are you studying? |
| B: | Wǒ xüé Zhōngwén. | 我学中文。 | I'm studying Chinese. | |
| 5. | A: | Nǐ zài dàxüé niànguo lìshǐ ma? | 你在大学念过历史吗？ | Did you study history in college? |
| B: | Niànguo. | 学念。 | Yes. | |
| 6. | A: | Nǐmen huì shuō Zhōngwén ma? | 你们会说中文吗？ | Can you speak Chinese? |
| B: | Wǒ tàitai bú huǐ shuō, wǒ huì shuō yìdiǎn. | 我太太不会说，我会说一点。 | My wife can't speak it; I can speak it a little. | |
| 7. | A: | Nǐde Zhōngguo huà hěn hǎo. | 你的中国话很好。 | Your Chinese is very good. |
| B: | Náli, náli. Wǒ jiù huì shuō yìdiǎn. | 哪里，哪里。我就说一点。 | Not at all. I can speak only a little. | |
| 8. | A: | Nǐ shi zài náli xüéde Zhōngzén? | 你是在哪里学的中文？ | Where did you study Chinese? |
| B: | Wó shi zài Huáshèngdùn xüéde. | 我是在华盛顿学的。 | I studied it in Washington. |