🇨🇳 Chinese (Mandarin)
中文 • Han
Nouns: definiteness (a/the) and noun phrases
Learn noun phrases you can actually reuse (not isolated dictionary forms).
Noun phrases
Learn noun phrases as chunks you can reuse in conversation.
- No articles. Use demonstratives (这/那) and context.
- Measure words are required with numbers: 一个, 一杯…
- Possession uses 的: 我的朋友.
- Good news: no articles. Focus on the noun phrase patterns you hear.
- Treat common phrases as single chunks.
一个人
yí gè rén
one person
一杯水
yì bēi shuǐ
a cup of water
我的朋友
wǒ de péngyou
my friend
我在这里。
Wǒ zài zhèlǐ
I am here.
我想要水。
Wǒ xiǎng yào shuǐ
I want water.
我不懂。
Wǒ bù dǒng
I don't understand.
你会说英语吗？
Nǐ huì shuō Yīngyǔ ma
Do you speak English?
厕所在哪里？
Cèsuǒ zài nǎlǐ
Where is the bathroom?
这是我的朋友。
Zhè shì wǒ de péngyou
This is my friend.
Mini‑quiz
Mini-quiz
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Which sentence matches “one person”?