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0	2600	Standard Chinese, a modular approach.
2600	7600	Orientation Module Unit 3, Comprehension Tape 1.
7600	10100	In this tape you learn to understand questions and answers
10100	11600	about what country you're from
11600	13500	and what part of the country.
13500	16200	We should mention that in Chinese, more often than not,
16200	19400	these questions are really asking where you were from originally
19400	22000	or even where your family was from originally.
22000	24500	The proper answer for a first generation Chinese American
24500	26700	might well be that he's Chinese.
26700	29500	A lifelong peaking resident of Cantonese parentage
29500	32500	might well say that he's Cantonese.
32500	35400	Later we'll learn to refer specifically to current nationality
35400	39400	and residents, as well as to ethnic and regional origins.
39400	42600	First, let's take up questions about nationality.
42600	45200	Listen to the following exchange.
45200	47100	Are you an American?
47100	49500	你是美國人嗎?
49500	51600	你是美國人嗎?
51600	53400	I'm an American.
53400	55500	我是美國人.
55500	57900	我是美國人.
57900	62700	Here's the word for America in the sense of the United States of America.
62700	68600	美國
68600	73300	May was suggested phonetically by the second syllable of America.
73300	77200	May also has a complimentary meaning, beautiful.
77200	79200	國 means country,
79200	82300	so 美國 means the beautiful country.
82300	85500	Notice that 國 takes the neutral tone in a country name.
85500	87600	Listen to America.
87600	93300	美國
93300	95700	Here's the word for person.
95700	101500	人
101500	104300	The word for an American combines America,
104300	106300	美國, and person,
106300	108600	人 into America person.
108600	110100	Listen.
110100	115400	美國人
115400	117300	Listen for 美國人
117300	119200	an American.
119200	121000	Are you an American?
121000	123200	你是美國人嗎?
123200	125300	你是美國人嗎?
125300	126800	I'm an American.
126800	128700	我是美國人.
128700	130800	我是美國人.
130800	132300	Here it is live.
132300	133800	你是美國人嗎?
133800	135400	我是美國人.
135400	136500	Again.
136500	137900	你是美國人嗎?
137900	139900	我是美國人.
139900	141400	Here's a similar exchange.
141400	142900	Listen.
142900	144600	Are you Chinese?
144600	146600	你是中國人嗎?
146600	148800	你是中國人嗎?
148800	150400	I'm Chinese.
150400	152100	我是中國人.
152100	154200	我是中國人.
154200	156300	Here's the word for China.
156300	161400	中國
161400	163200	中 means middle.
163200	166700	中國 is often translated as the middle kingdom.
166700	168200	Here's the word for a Chinese,
168200	170400	literally China person.
170400	176100	中國人
176100	179800	Listen for 中國人, Chinese.
179800	181500	Are you Chinese?
181500	183700	你是中國人嗎?
183700	186300	你是中國人嗎?
186300	187800	I'm Chinese.
187800	189500	我是中國人.
189500	191600	我是中國人.
191600	193300	Here it is live.
193300	194700	你是中國人嗎?
194700	196300	我是中國人.
196300	197400	Again.
197400	198800	你是中國人嗎?
198800	201000	我是中國人.
201000	203600	Let's see if you can follow this new live exchange.
203600	206000	Listen carefully.
206000	207600	你是中國人嗎?
207600	210500	我不是中國人,是美國人.
210500	211800	Again.
211800	213400	你是中國人嗎?
213400	217300	我不是中國人,是美國人.
217300	219900	To check up on your understanding of this exchange,
219900	223200	here it is with the pause after each sentence and then the English.
223200	227600	Translate to yourself during the pause.
227600	231600	你是中國人嗎?
231600	233600	Are you Chinese?
233600	238100	我不是中國人.
238100	239900	I'm not Chinese.
239900	243600	是美國人.
243600	246400	I'm an American.
246400	248900	Notice that we translate 是美國人,
248900	251900	the same way we would translate 我是美國人,
251900	253100	I'm an American.
253100	256000	Even though the word war does not appear,
256000	258300	you know from the context that the subject is I,
258300	261100	and you can hardly leave it out in English.
261100	262200	Here's a new exchange.
262200	264100	Listen carefully.
264100	266800	Mr. Wang, are you English?
266800	270400	王先生,你是英國人嗎?
270400	273300	王先生,你是英國人嗎?
273300	275300	I'm not English.
275300	279900	我不是英國人,我不是英國人.
279900	282100	Here's the word for England.
282100	287300	英國,英國,英國.
287300	289800	And here's the word for Englishman.
289800	295800	英國人,英國人,英國人.
295800	300000	Listen for a英國人 in the following conversation.
300000	302800	Mr. Wang, are you English?
302800	306000	王先生,你是英國人嗎?
306000	309300	王先生,你是英國人嗎?
309300	311300	I'm not English.
311300	316100	我不是英國人,我不是英國人.
316100	317700	Here it is live.
317700	319900	王先生,你是英國人嗎?
319900	321800	我不是英國人.
321800	323100	Again.
323100	325500	王先生,你是英國人嗎?
325500	329000	我不是英國人.
329000	332600	It may have struck you that we've been asking what we call yes-no questions
332600	335600	without actually answering them with yes or no.
335600	338800	This is because there is no single word for yes or no in Chinese.
338800	342900	There are several ways to convey a yes or no response.
342900	345500	The closest Chinese equivalent to a yes or no
345500	348000	is an answer stripped down to its essentials,
348000	352500	often the verb alone for yes or the verb plus the negative for no.
352500	354700	Listen to this conversation.
354700	356700	Are you Chinese?
356700	360800	你是中國人嗎?
360800	362400	No.
362400	366200	不是.不是.
366200	368000	Are you an American?
368000	372100	你是美國人嗎?
372100	373500	Yes.
373500	375400	是.
375400	378200	是.
378200	382800	Literally, the answers are not am and am.
382800	384800	A compromised translation would be
384800	387200	I am not and I am.
387200	389400	Listen again live.
389400	390900	你是中國人嗎?
390900	392100	不是.
392100	393600	你是美國人嗎?
393600	394900	是.
394900	396200	Again.
396200	397900	你是中國人嗎?
397900	399300	不是.
399300	400800	你是美國人嗎?
400800	402900	是.
402900	404800	It's possible to strip a negative reply
404800	406000	down to 不.
406000	406600	Not.
406600	408000	without the verb.
408000	411400	But this is considered a bit too abrupt for polite usage.
411400	412800	However, following 不.
412800	413500	Not.
413500	416400	with the full sentence changes this.
416400	417300	Frequently,
417300	419900	a short answer like 是 or 不 是
419900	421600	is followed by the full answer.
421600	422900	Listen.
422900	424900	Is Miss Ma an American?
424900	430000	馬小姐是美國人嗎?
430000	430800	No.
430800	433100	She's not an American.
433100	434000	不是.
434000	436600	她不是美國人.
436600	437500	不是.
437500	441100	她不是美國人.
441100	442800	Is she Chinese?
442800	444900	她是中國人嗎?
444900	447200	她是中國人嗎?
447200	447800	Yes.
447800	449700	She's Chinese.
449700	450200	是.
450200	452100	她是中國人.
452100	452700	是.
452700	454700	她是中國人.
454700	455400	Here it is.
455400	456200	Again.
456200	457800	Live.
457800	459900	馬小姐是美國人嗎?
459900	460400	不是.
460400	461800	她不是美國人.
461800	463400	她是中國人嗎?
463400	464000	是.
464000	466200	她是中國人.
466200	467600	Again.
467600	469800	馬小姐是美國人嗎?
469800	470500	不是.
470500	472000	她不是美國人.
472000	473600	她是中國人嗎?
473600	474000	是.
474000	476300	她是中國人.
476300	477100	Now,
477100	482300	Professor Zhou is going over his class list for next semester with the dean.
482300	485300	He has heard that some of his students will be foreign students.
485300	488000	Listen to part of the conversation live.
488000	490100	馬小姐是美國人嗎?
490100	490800	不是.
490800	493700	馬小姐不是美人,她是中國人.
493700	494500	Oh,
494500	495700	他是中國人,
495700	497100	白小姐呢?
497100	498600	她是英國人嗎?
498600	499400	不是.
499400	500600	她不是英國人,
500600	502400	白小姐是美國人.
502400	503800	Again.
503800	505900	馬小姐是美國人嗎?
505900	506900	不是.
506900	508600	馬小姐不是美國人,
508600	510200	她是中國人.
510200	511100	Oh,
511100	512200	她是中國人,
512200	513500	白小姐呢?
513500	515000	她是英國人嗎?
515000	515900	不是.
515900	517500	她不是英國人,
517500	519200	白小姐是美國人.
519200	525200	Here it is with the English following. Use the pauses to translate to yourself.
525200	529200	马小姐是美国人吗?
529200	532200	Is Miss Ma an American?
532200	537200	不是,马小姐不是美国人。
537200	540200	No, Miss Ma is not American.
540200	543200	她是中国人。
543200	545200	She is Chinese.
545200	549200	哦,她是中国人。
549200	551200	Oh, she is Chinese.
551200	553200	白小姐呢?
553200	555200	And Miss Bai?
555200	558200	她是英国人吗?
558200	560200	Is she English?
560200	564200	不是,她不是英国人。
564200	567200	No, she is not English.
567200	571200	她是美国人。
571200	574200	She is American.
574200	578200	So far, we've only been asking yes-no questions about nationality.
578200	582200	Now listen to a question asking which country someone is from.
582200	584200	What's your nationality?
584200	588200	你是美国人。
588200	590200	I'm an American.
590200	595200	我是美国人。
595200	598200	The word for which is...
598200	604200	美,美,美。
604200	606200	The word for which,
606200	608200	美, is a bound word.
608200	610200	That is, it can't stand by itself.
610200	613200	If you add another bound word,国, meaning country,
613200	617200	you have a free word meaning which country. Listen.
617200	622200	美国,美国,美国。
622200	625200	Now add person,人, to which country,
625200	628200	美国,美国。And you have which country person?
628200	630200	美国人。
630200	633200	Notice that,国, loses its tone.
633200	639200	美国人,美国人,美国人。
639200	641200	Listen for,美国人,
641200	644200	which country person in the exchange.
644200	647200	What's your nationality?
647200	651200	你是美国人。
651200	653200	I'm American.
653200	658200	我是美国人。
658200	660200	Notice that, the idiomatic translation.
660200	662200	What's your nationality?
662200	665200	Has to be rather far from the word for word translation.
665200	667200	You are which country person?
667200	669200	Here it is live.
669200	672200	你是美国人。
672200	673200	Again.
673200	676200	你是美国人。
676200	678200	Here's a new live exchange.
678200	680200	你是美国人。
680200	681200	我是中国人。
681200	682200	Again.
682200	684200	你是美国人。
684200	686200	我是中国人。
686200	688200	Here it is with the English following.
688200	692200	你是美国人。
692200	694200	What's your nationality?
694200	697200	我是中国人。
697200	699200	I'm Chinese.
699200	701200	Here's another live dialogue.
701200	703200	Listen carefully.
703200	705200	马先生是美国人吗?
705200	708200	不是,他不是美国人。
708200	709200	他是哪国人?
709200	711200	他是中国人。
711200	713200	Try translating it.
713200	715200	马先生是美国人吗?
715200	718200	不是,他不是美国人。
718200	719200	他是哪国人?
719200	722200	他是中国人。
722200	724200	Try translating it.
724200	729200	马先生是美国人吗?
729200	731200	Is Mr. Ma an American?
731200	736200	不是,他不是美国人。
736200	739200	No, he isn't an American.
739200	742200	他是美国人。
742200	744200	What's his nationality?
744200	747200	他是中国人。
747200	750200	He's Chinese.
750200	752200	American,美国人,
752200	754200	and which country person,
754200	756200	美国人, are confusingly alike.
756200	759200	Sometimes you may not catch whether it was an M for mother
759200	761200	or an N for nephew.
761200	762200	But notice that,
762200	764200	are you an American?
764200	765200	is a yes-no question,
765200	766200	and so has the yes-no question
766200	768200	marga ma at the end.
768200	770200	While what's your nationality
770200	772200	is not a yes-no question,
772200	774200	and so doesn't have ma at the end.
774200	776200	The interrogative element in
776200	778200	what's your nationality
778200	781200	is the word 哪,which,in 哪国人,
781200	783200	which country person.
783200	785200	Let's compare the two questions.
785200	787200	The English will follow the Chinese after a pause
787200	789200	to give you a chance to decide for yourself
789200	791200	which question is being asked.
791200	795200	你是哪国人?
795200	797200	What's your nationality?
797200	801200	你是美国人吗?
801200	805200	Are you an American?
805200	808200	你是哪国人?
808200	814200	What's your nationality?
814200	817200	你是美国人吗?
817200	821200	Are you an American?
821200	824200	Once you've established someone's nationality,
824200	826200	you may want to ask what part of the country
826200	827200	it comes from.
827200	830200	For example,what province or major city of China?
830200	832200	Listen to this exchange.
832200	833200	Where are you from?
833200	837200	你是哪的人?
837200	839200	I'm from Shanghai.
839200	844200	我是上海人.
844200	846200	Let's look at the answer first.
846200	847200	It's easier.
847200	851200	You already know the word 人,person,as in 中国人,
851200	853200	literally China person.
853200	855200	You can also add 人 to the names
855200	857200	of these provinces.
857200	865200	Listen to 上海人.
865200	867200	What Miss Hu is saying is
867200	869200	I'm a Shanghai person.
869200	871200	Listen to her reply.
871200	873200	Where are you from?
873200	877200	你是哪的人?
877200	879200	I'm from Shanghai.
879200	884200	我是上海人.
884200	886200	It's an idiomatic but rather free translation
886200	889200	of the question 你是哪的人?
889200	891200	The Chinese is actually something like
891200	893200	you are a person of where.
893200	900200	The word for where is 哪,哪,哪.
900200	903200	Listen for 哪, meaning where.
903200	905200	Where are you from?
905200	910200	你是哪的人?
910200	912200	I'm from Shanghai.
912200	917200	我是上海人.
917200	919200	Be sure to associate the low tone
919200	921200	with the word for where 哪,
921200	925200	since the word for there is 哪 in the falling tone.
925200	927200	This is one of the best illustrations
927200	929200	of the importance of tones in Chinese.
929200	931200	The possibilities for confusion
931200	933200	between 哪,where and 哪
933200	935200	there are obvious.
935200	937200	Here's the word for where again.
937200	943200	哪,哪,哪.
943200	946200	The weak syllable 德 in 哪的人
946200	948200	is a marker of the possessive.
948200	951200	We translated 哪的人 as a person of where
951200	954200	using of for the possessive marker 德.
954200	956200	But in the process we reversed the order.
956200	958200	In Chinese the word for where comes first
958200	961200	and the word for person last.
961200	963200	So a closer although even less idiomatic
963200	965200	translation is with the English possessive
965200	968200	possessive apostrophe s,where's person.
968200	970200	Here's a somewhat more straight forward example
970200	972200	of the possessive marker 德.
972200	974200	You need to know that 先生 can mean husband
974200	976200	as well as mister and sir.
976200	977200	Listen.
977200	980200	He's Fang Baolan's husband.
980200	983200	他是方保兰的先生.
983200	986200	他是方保兰的先生.
986200	989200	In the phrase 方保兰的先生.
989200	991200	方保兰's husband.
991200	993200	It's clear that the marker 德 is working
993200	995200	with the possessive apostrophe s.
995200	998200	Now let's go back to the exchange with 哪的人
998200	1001200	where's person or a person of where.
1001200	1004200	Listen.
1004200	1006200	Where are you from?
1006200	1010200	你是哪的人?
1010200	1012200	I'm from Shanghai.
1012200	1016200	我是上海人.
1016200	1018200	Listen to the exchange again.
1018200	1020200	Where are you from?
1020200	1022200	你是哪的人?
1022200	1024200	你是哪的人?
1024200	1026200	I'm from Shanghai.
1026200	1028200	我是上海人.
1028200	1030200	我是上海人.
1030200	1031200	Here it is live.
1031200	1033200	你是哪的人?
1033200	1035200	我是上海人.
1035200	1036200	Again.
1036200	1038200	你是哪的人?
1038200	1040200	我是上海人.
1040200	1042200	Here's a similar exchange.
1042200	1043200	Listen.
1043200	1045200	Where is he from?
1045200	1049200	他是哪的人?
1049200	1051200	He's from Shandong.
1051200	1055200	他是上东人.
1055200	1058200	Shandong is one of the provinces in north China.
1058200	1060200	Listen to Shandong person.
1060200	1062200	Shandong人.
1062200	1064200	Shandong人.
1064200	1066200	Shandong人.
1066200	1068200	Here's the exchange live.
1068200	1070200	他是哪的人?
1070200	1072200	他是上东人.
1072200	1073200	Again.
1073200	1075200	他是哪的人?
1075200	1078200	他是上东人.
1078200	1079200	If the question
1079200	1081200	Where are you from?
1081200	1082200	is asked of an American,
1082200	1085200	the expected answer is the name of a state.
1085200	1087200	In Chinese, there's a phonetic approximation
1087200	1089200	for the name of each American state.
1089200	1092200	Here's California, for example.
1092200	1094200	佳理佛尼亚.
1094200	1097200	佳理佛尼亚.
1097200	1099200	佳理佛尼亚.
1099200	1101200	Several states, among them California,
1101200	1104200	have abbreviated names consisting of the first syllable
1104200	1108200	of the phonetic version and the syllable 中 or state.
1108200	1111200	Here's the abbreviated name for California.
1111200	1112200	佳州.
1112200	1114200	佳州.
1114200	1116200	佳州.
1116200	1118200	Listen to this exchange.
1118200	1119200	Where are you from?
1119200	1121200	你是哪的人?
1121200	1123200	你是哪的人?
1123200	1125200	I'm a Californian.
1125200	1127200	我是佳州人.
1127200	1129200	我是佳州人.
1129200	1131200	Here it is live.
1131200	1132200	你是哪的人?
1132200	1134200	我是佳州人.
1134200	1135200	Again.
1135200	1136200	你是哪的人?
1136200	1139200	我是佳州人.
1139200	1142200	On this tape, we've covered yes-no questions such as
1142200	1144200	are you an American?
1144200	1146200	and the questions, what's your nationality?
1146200	1148200	and where are you from?
1148200	1150200	Here they are for review.
1150200	1152200	Are you an American?
1152200	1155200	你是美国人吗?
1155200	1157200	你是美国人吗?
1157200	1159200	What's your nationality?
1159200	1161200	你是哪个人?
1161200	1163200	你是哪个人?
1163200	1165200	Where are you from?
1165200	1167200	你是哪个人?
1167200	1170200	你是哪个人?
1170200	1172200	Let's see if you can tell them apart.
1172200	1174200	Here they are in random order.
1174200	1176200	With a pause between the Chinese and the English.
1176200	1180200	Try translating to yourself during the pause.
1180200	1184200	你是美国人吗?
1184200	1187200	Are you an American?
1187200	1190200	你是哪个人?
1190200	1193200	What's your nationality?
1193200	1196200	你是哪个人?
1196200	1198200	Where are you from?
1198200	1202200	你是哪个人?
1202200	1205200	What's your nationality?
1205200	1208200	你是哪个人?
1208200	1211200	Where are you from?
1211200	1215200	你是美国人吗?
1215200	1218200	Are you an American?
1218200	1221200	你是美国人吗?
1221200	1224200	Are you an American?
1224200	1227200	你是哪个人?
1227200	1229200	Where are you from?
1229200	1233200	你是哪个人?
1233200	1238200	What's your nationality?
1238200	1242200	Now let's review both questions and answers in the same format.
1242200	1245200	Chinese, pause, English.
1245200	1248200	你是哪个人?
1248200	1251200	What's your nationality?
1251200	1254200	我是中国人.
1254200	1256200	I'm Chinese.
1256200	1259200	你是哪个人?
1259200	1261200	Where are you from?
1261200	1265200	我是上海人.
1265200	1269200	I'm from Shanghai.
1269200	1272200	你是美国人吗?
1272200	1274200	Are you an American?
1274200	1278200	是,我是美国人.
1278200	1281200	Yes, I'm an American.
1281200	1284200	你是英国人吗?
1284200	1286200	Are you English?
1286200	1290200	不是,我不是英国人.
1290200	1292200	No, I'm not English.
1292200	1295200	你是中国人吗?
1295200	1297200	Are you Chinese?
1297200	1301200	是,我是中国人.
1301200	1304200	Yes, I'm Chinese.
1304200	1307200	你是哪个人?
1307200	1310200	What's your nationality?
1310200	1312200	我是美国人.
1312200	1315200	I'm an American.
1315200	1318200	你是哪个人?
1318200	1320200	Where are you from?
1320200	1323200	我是加州人.
1323200	1326200	I'm a Californian.
1326200	1330200	他是哪个人?
1330200	1333200	What's his nationality?
1333200	1336200	他是中国人.
1336200	1338200	He's Chinese.
1338200	1342200	他是哪个人?
1342200	1344200	Where is he from?
1344200	1348200	他是山东人.
1348200	1350200	He's from Shandong.
1350200	1354200	你是英国人吗?
1354200	1356200	Are you English?
1356200	1361200	我不是英国人.