Mandarin Chinese Grammar for Pimsleur Students/Yes/No answers

Mandarin Chinese Grammar for Pimsleur Students NOUNS - Pronouns - Nouns - Proper nouns VERBS - Activity verbs - Adjectival stative verbs - Non-adjectival stative verbs - Yes/No answers - Past tense - Future tense OTHERS - Negation - Questions - Adverbs - Conjunctions - Prepositions - Numbers - Phrases

Yes/No answers

Present (Examples)

是 / shì / to be

			你是中国人吗 ?	nĭ shì Zhōngguó rén ma?	Are you Chinese?
是 ◦	shì.	Yes.	我是中国人 ◦	wŏ shì Zhōngguó rén.	I am Chinese.
不是 ◦	bù shì.	No.	我不是中国人 ◦	wŏ bù shì Zhōngguó rén.	I'm not Chinese.

知道 / zhī dào / to know

Verbs that consist of two words are treated the same way:

			你知道吗 ?	nĭ zhī dào ma?	Do you know?
知道 ◦	zhī dào.	Yes.	我知道 ◦	wŏ zhī dào.	I know.
不知道 ◦	bù zhī dào.	No.	我不知道 ◦	wŏ bù zhī dào.	I don't know.