我生气了。
wǒ shēngqì le 。
I'm angry.
"You say you've never played before," Gerard struggled to maintain his composure. The date had been
going well until that point: he had leveraged possession of South America to seize control of North
America. And he had just been poised to cross into Europe when his date placed armies in Kamchatka
and moved across the straits, striking a fatal blow to his plans for world domination.
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wǒ shēngqì le 。
I'm angry.
nǐ shēng shénme qì ya ？
What are you angry about?
wǒ shēng nǐ de qì 。
I'm angry at you.
o ， zhè yàng ā 。
Oh, it's like that.
wǒ
I
pronounnǐ
you
pronounshēngqì
to get angry
verbchīfàn
to eat food
verbshàngxué
to go to school
verbshàngbān
to go to work
verbshuìjiào
to sleep
verbshàngwǎng
to go online
verbshénme
what
questionzhè yàng ā
it's this way phrase Questions : 1. What does the character 了 mean when added to the end of a sentence? a) it adds extra emphasis to the subject b) nothing in particular, it is just a sound c) it signifies either past tense or change of state d) it adds extra emphasis to the verb 2. In which of the following verbs is the second character not an object? a) 睡觉 b) 吃饭 c) 喜欢 d) 上网 3. Which of the following can you put between a verb and its object? a) 是 b) 谁 c) 这样 d) 什么 4. What else can you stick between a verb and its object in colloquial speech? a) 个 b) 在 c) 我 d) 之 5. To make a pronoun plural in Chinese, we do which of the following: a) repeat the character twice b) add the
particlec)
add the
particle