English pinyin chinese Literal tran notes mix

to ask wèn 問 "

excuse me qìng wèn 請問 please ask "please ask"
"
to speak shuō 說 "
you can nín huì 您會說英
speak shuō yīng
English 語
yǔ
(formal) "
can you nín huì 您會說英
speak shuō yīng
English? yǔ ma? 語嗎？ "
japanese rì yǔ 日語 "
can you nǐ huì shuō 你會說日
speak
japanese? rì yǔ ma? 語嗎？ "
French fǎ yǔ 法語 "
can you nǐ huì shuō 你會說法
speak fǎ yǔ ma? 語嗎？
french? "
german dé yǔ 德語 "
can you nín huì 您會說德
speak shuō dé yǔ
german? 語嗎？
ma?
(formal) "
Spanish xībānyá yǔ 西班牙語
"
sorry /
excuse me duì bù qǐ 對不起 "
to
understan dǒng 懂
d "
I
understan wǒ dǒng
我動英語
d English yīng yǔ "
I do not wǒ bù 我不懂英
understan dǒng yīng
d english yǔ 語 "
Sorry, I duì bù qǐ, 對不起，
dont wǒ bù
understan dǒng yīng 我不動英
d English yǔ 語 "
I
understan wǒ dǒng fǎ
yǔ 我懂法語
d French "
Chinese hàn yǔ 漢語 "
I speak wǒ shuō
Chinese hàn yǔ 我說漢語 "
pǔtōng
Mandarin 普通話
huà "
 wǒ shuō 我說普通
I speak pǔtōng
Mandarin 話
huà "
Cantonese guǎng 廣東話
dōng huà "
wǒ shuō 我說廣東
I speak
Cantonese guǎng 話
dōng huà "
wǒ bù
I don't 我不說廣
shuō
speak
Cantonese guǎng 東話
dōng huà "
wǒ bù
I don't dǒng
understan 我不懂廣
guǎng
d dōng huà, 東話，我
Cantonese, wǒ shuō 說普通話
I speak pǔtōng
mandarin huà
"
a yī 一 "
little diǎn 點 "
a little yī diǎn 一點 "
speak a shuō yī
little diǎn 說一點 "
speak a shuō yī 說一點漢
little diǎn hàn
chinese yǔ 語 "
oh, I can ò, wǒ huì
speak a shuō yī 喔， 我說
little diǎn hàn 一點漢語
chinese yǔ "

you can nǐ huì shuō 你會說一

speak a yī diǎn
little xībānyá yǔ 點西班牙
spanish ma? 語
"
russian é yǔ 俄語 "

I can speak wǒ huì 我會說一

a little shuō yī
russian diǎn é yǔ 點俄語
"
which nǎ 哪 "
country guó 國 "
person rén 人 "
which
country nǎ guǒ rén 哪國人
person "
to be shì 是 "
you are
where are nǐ shì nǎ 你是哪國 which "you are which
you from? guǒ rén? 人？ country country person?"
person? "
really zhēn de 真的 "
really?! zhēn de?! 真的？！
where are nǐ shì nǎ 你是哪國
you from? guǒ rén? 人？ "
where is tā shì nǎ 他是哪國
he from? guǒ rén? 人？ "
the United měi guó from the
美國 from the U.S.
States U.S.
"
měi guó
american 美國人
rén "

I am from wǒ shì měi 我是美國

the United guó rén
States 人
"
France fǎ guó 法國 "
he is
He is tā shì fǎ 她是法國 french "he is french country
French guó rén 人 country person"
person "
Germany dé guó 德國 "
I am from wǒ shì dé 我是德國
Germany guó rén 人 "
Britain yīng guó 英國 "
wǒ bù shì 我不是英
I am not yīng guó
British 國人
rén "
Hong Kong xiāng gǎng 香港
"

She is not tā bù shì 他不是香

from Hong xiāng gǎng
Kong 港人
"
Taiwan táiwān 台灣 "