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4 New Practical Chinese Reader Textbook 1

® Nl ne?

"And (how are) you?"

@ Ye hen hao.

"(I am) fine (literally, very good), too."
This is an elliptical sentence, with the subject "wo (~)" omitted. In spoken Chinese, when the
context is explicit and there is no ambiguity, the subject is often omitted. One may also say "Hen hao. (~~

!if.)" to answer the question "NI hoo ma? (1fJ~MI~?)".

=, tl :3] Exercises

jB-HJ Initials: b p m n h
f.J-Ii Finals : a 0 e u u
ao en ie in ing uo

D 1Jt~ Pinyin

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I ba bo bT bO bTn bTng I
; I
I pii p6 pi pO pin ping I

· ma mo mT mO ,

I ne nao nie I
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