🇨🇳 Chinese (Mandarin)
中文 • Han
Pattern: “Do you speak …?” (questions + politeness)
A reusable question pattern for travel and conversation.
The pattern
Memorize this as a chunk. Then swap one word at a time.
- Swap the language word: English → French → Spanish (etc.).
- Watch formality (formal vs informal ‘you’) — it often changes the verb form too.
你会说英语吗?
Nǐ huì shuō Yīngyǔ ma
Do you speak English?
More examples
These are close patterns you can reuse. Read them aloud, then change one word.
你住在哪里?
Nǐ zhù zài nǎlǐ
Where do you live?
这是什么?
Zhè shì shénme
What is this?
你好吗?
Nǐ hǎo ma
How are you?
您好。
Nín hǎo
Hello (polite).
我在这里。
Wǒ zài zhèlǐ
I am here.
我想要水。
Wǒ xiǎng yào shuǐ
I want water.
Mini‑quiz
Mini-quiz
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Which sentence matches “Do you speak English?”?