Free Chinese Online Story: Who is Kif Gren?

Dialog is sometimes a bit difficult but don´t let this scare you off.

Focus on the rhytm of the speech and on the fact that indicative and interrogative sentences have the same word order. 

这个人叫什么名字？

<Zhège rén jiào shénme míngzi?>

This man to_be_called what name?

这个人叫Kif Gren。 

<Zhège rén jiào Kif Gren.> 

This person to_be_called Kif Gren.

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 another word for Chinese language / 中文 <zhōngwén>

他有中文名字吗？ 

<Tā yǒu zhōngwén míngzi ma?>

He to_have Chinese name ma?

有，他的中文名字叫蒋级富。

<Yǒu, tāde Zhōngwén míngzì jiào Jiǎng Jífù.>

To have, his Chinese name be_called Jiang Jifu.

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他是哪国人？

<Tā shì nǎguórén?>  

He to be which_state_person?  “Where is he from?”

他是捷克人。他不是中国人，他也不是美国人。

<Tā shì Jiékèrén. Tā bùshì Zhōngguórén, tā yě bùshì Měiguórén.>  

He to be Czech. He not to be Chinese, he also not to be American.

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.   在 <zài> can also mean now, more on that later

他在做什么工作？

<Tā zài zuò shénme gōngzuò?>   

He now do what job?

他是美工。他不是老师，他也不是工人。 

<Tā shì měigōng. Tā bùshì lǎoshī, tā yě bùshì gōngrén.>   

He to be a designer. He not to be a teacher. He also not to be a worker.

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他喜欢工作吗？

<Tā xǐhuan gōngzuò ma?>   

He to like work ma?

有时候喜欢，有时候不喜欢。

<Yǒu shíhou xǐhuan, yǒu shíhou bù xǐhuan.>   

Sometimes to like, sometimes not to like.]

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谢谢你的回答。

<Xièxiè nǐ de huídá.>

Thank your answers.

不用谢!

<Búyòng xiè.>

No need to thank. – “Your welcome!”