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From :   Stine

Date : 2010-01-20 / 07:44PM

Hi Benny!
How do you use the verb to be in chinese?
Is it like in english ?

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 Benny the Mandarin Teacher askbenny.net 
2010-01-21 / 02:47PM

Hi Stine,

In Chinese if you want to say “I am Benny”, in this case, “To be = shì”, for example:

wǒ shì Benny = I am Benny

Nǐ shì Benny ma? = Are you Benny?

Benny



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