Apr 28, 2012

Wo er shi sui (I am 20 years old)



Wo
= I

Er shi = 20
Sui = Years old
Wo er shi sui = I am 20 years old.

You can also say...




Jin nian = this year
Wo jin nian er shi sui = I am 20 years old this year.


Before introduct your age, you should learn numbers in Chinese first.
Let's go...
























Note: What we used here are sampled Chinese characters. 


Chinese numbers is quite simple...
You only have to memorize 1~10.
Then you can do 11, 12, 20, 21, 30, 40, 50, and so on...

For example,

Yi = 1
Er = 2
San = 3
Shi = 10

And...

11 = 10 +1 = Shi Yi
12 = 10 + 2 = Shi Er
13 = 10 + 3 = Shi San

20 = 2 * 10 = Er Shi
30 = 3 * 10 = San Shi

Simple, Right?

Are you ready for talking about your age?
Let's go...

The sample sentence goes like "Wo _______ Sui"
Just put your age into the blank~

For example,
I am 20 = Wo 20(Er Shi) Sui
I am 30 = Wo 30(San Shi) Sui

So... How old are you? 你几岁呢?(nǐ jǐ suì ne

2 comments:

  1. hi pls advise name n caracter for my son name qayyum qaid... meaning is magnificient leader in mandarin... example kah young xian...please tqvm he is enrolling in chinese school yr 1

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