Lesson 11


Colours

Dialogue 1

This is black

Zhè shì shén me?
“What is this?”
这是什么?

Zhè shì wǒ de diàn nǎo. Wǒ de diàn nǎo shì hēi sè de. wǒ xǐ huān hēi sè
“This is my computer. My computer is black. I like black.”
这是我的电脑。我的电脑是黑色的,我喜欢黑色。

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Dialogue 2

What colour do you like?

Nǐ xǐ huān shén me yán sè
“What colour do you like?”
你喜欢什么颜色?

Wǒ xǐ huān lǜ sè
“I like green.”
我喜欢绿色。

Wǒyě xǐ huān lǜ sè, Dàn shì wǒ de qī zi xǐ huān lán sè
“I also like green, but my wife likes blue.”
我也喜欢绿色。但是我的妻子喜欢蓝色。

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Vocabulary

xǐ huān like 喜欢
also, too
dàn shì but, however 但是
hóng sè red 红色
lǜ sè green 绿色
huáng sè yellow 黄色
lán sè blue 蓝色
hēi sè black 黑色
bái sè white 白色
shén me what 什么
diàn nǎo computer 电脑

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