Chinese Vocabulary & example (Say sorry&country)

sophia1813

November 23, 2009, 02:40 PM posted in General Discussion

Traditional Chinese Version:

When you are in China, somebody is asking you a question, how to answer him/her?

Use the following vocabularies:

我　　　　I

抱歉　　　sorry

中國人　　Chinese

英國人　　English

法國人　　French

美國人　　American

 

例子example1:

Q:你好，請問XXXXXXXX?

Q:Hello, may I ask you XXXXXXXX?

A:抱歉，我不是中國人。我是英國人。

A:I am sorry, I am not Chinese. I am English. 

 

例子example2:

Q:你好，請問XXXXXXXX?

Q:Hello, may I ask you XXXXXXXX?

A:對不起，我不是中國人。我是法國人。

A:I am sorry, I am not Chinese. I am French.

 

Note:

抱歉 and 對不起 have the same meaning. It's means "sorry". It is a common word in Chinese.

Chinese, in English, it can means people from China and a kind of language. But in Chinese, there are two different words. "中國人" means people from China. "中文"or"普通話"or"國語" are means the language.

 

Simplified Chinese Version:

When you are in China, somebody is asking you a question, how to answer him/her?

Use the following vocabularies:

我　　　　I

抱歉　　　sorry

中国人　　Chinese

英国人　　English

法国人　　French

美国人　　American

 

例子example1:

Q:你好，请问XXXXXXXX?

Q:Hello, may I ask you XXXXXXXX?

A:抱歉，我不是中国人。我是英国人。

A:I am sorry, I am not Chinese. I am English. 

 

例子example2:

Q:你好，请问XXXXXXXX?

Q:Hello, may I ask you XXXXXXXX?

A:对不起，我不是中国人。我是法国人。

A:I am sorry, I am not Chinese. I am French.

 

Note:

抱歉 and 对不起 have the same meaning. It's means "sorry". It is a common word in Chinese.

Chinese, in English, it can means people from China and a kind of language. But in Chinese, there are two different words. "中国人" means people from China. "中文"or"普通话"or"国语" are means the language.