This and That

About

Pointing and grunting getting a bit old? You're in exactly the right place. Join us in this lesson as we

learn useful words like this and that (trust us, these never get old). This is some of the most basic and

useful Chinese to know, because it's a small step from learning how to ask for something to learning how

to order 500,000 of them shipped to Pittsburg at pennies on the dollar.

Sentences

这是什么?

zhè shì shénme ?

What is this?

这个?

zhège ?

This one?

不是,那个!

bù shì , nàge !

No, that one!

不知道。

bù zhīdào 。

I don't know.

Vocabulary

这

zhè

this

noun

不

bù

no, not

adverb

是

shì

to be

verb

什么

shénme

what

question

这个

zhège

this one

phrase

那个

nàge

that one

phrase

知道

zhīdào

to know

verb