你好！      

<Nǐ hǎo!>  

You good! 

HELLO!

// we use 吗 <ma> to create one type of a question

// word order is the same in indicative and interrogative sentence

你好！你好吗？      

<Nǐ hǎo! Nǐ hǎo ma?> 

You good! You good question_particle_ma?  

HELLO! ARE YOU FINE?

// you will understand the function of 很 <hěn> later in this lesson

// here the particle 呢 <ne> creates a postscript “and you”?

我很好，你呢？      

<Wǒ hěn hǎo, nǐ ne?> 

I hen good. You particle_ne?  

I’M FINE. AND YOU?

我也很好，谢谢！      

<Wǒ yě hěn hǎo, xièxie!> 

I also hen good, thank you!

I’M ALSO FINE, THANK YOU!

These sentences are part of Lesson 1.1