This is Shu-Chen Chuang, Teacher Eve.
Lesson three :How to say, "How old are you?" in Chinese?
Formal romanization:
A: How old are you? 你 幾 歲?
ni chi sui
B: I'm twenty years old. 我 二 十 歲.
w erh shih sui
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Informal way to pronounce:
你 幾 歲 ? = How old are you?
knee gee shield-ld
我 二 十 歲.
wall r shit-t shield-ld
Knee+
你 幾 歲 ? = How old are you?
knee gee shield-ld
我 二 十 歲.
wall r shit-t shield-ld
Knee+
Gee +
Shield-ld = shie
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你 幾 歲?
= Knee Gee Shie
=How old are you?
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我 二 十 歲.
= wall ur shi shie.
= I'm twenty years old.
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shield-ld=shie =歲
我 二 十 歲.
wall urban-ban shit-t shield-ld
= wall ur shi shie
= I am twenty years old.
=How old are you?
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我 二 十 歲.
= wall ur shi shie.
= I'm twenty years old.
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wall (sound) = I |
urban-ban= 二
shield-ld=shie =歲
我 二 十 歲.
wall urban-ban shit-t shield-ld
= wall ur shi shie
= I am twenty years old.
"How old" in English sounds like Gee Shield-ld=Shie "歲" in Chinese.(But it is at the end of the word)
"are" in English sounds like "she" "是" in Chinese. (In this sentence, you don't have to read it.)
"you" in English sounds like the word of "Knee" "你" in Chinese.
The order of the sentence is reversed from English.
1. "你" sounds like "Knee".
2. "幾" sounds like "Gee".
3. "歲" sounds like "shield=ld= Shie"
Thus, " How old are you? " sounds like "Knee Gi Shea? BeV doesn't sound anything here.
Knee+Gee +
Shield-ld = 你幾歲? (Chinese)
= Knee Gee Shie
Then, how to say, "I am eight years old." in Chinese?
"I" sounds like the English word, "wall". 我
"am " sounds like the English word, "she".是 (But beV, you don't have to read in Chinese.)
"eight" sounds like the English word, "Bob-b" 八
"years old" sounds like the English word, "Shield-ld" 歲
Wall
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