🇨🇳 Chinese (Mandarin)
中文 • Han
Pattern: “I don’t understand” (negation in real life)
A survival phrase — and your first reliable negative sentence.
The pattern
Memorize this as a chunk. Then swap one word at a time.
- Say the positive and negative back‑to‑back (understand ↔ don’t understand).
- Keep the negation placement exactly like native sentences.
我不懂。
Wǒ bù dǒng
I don't understand.
More examples
These are close patterns you can reuse. Read them aloud, then change one word.
我没有钱。
Wǒ méiyǒu qián
I don't have money.
我在这里。
Wǒ zài zhèlǐ
I am here.
我想要水。
Wǒ xiǎng yào shuǐ
I want water.
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 “I don't understand.”?