Hi everyone! I’m Alisha. |
Welcome to Conversational Phrases! |
We’ve found that the best way to learn a language is to speak it from day one! And the best way to start speaking is to learn phrases that you’ll use in real conversations. |
In this lesson, you’ll learn conversational phrases to answer the question, "What are you good at?" After watching this video, you’ll be able to talk about what you’re good at doing. |
Now, let’s take a look at some conversational phrases! |
Listen to the dialogue. |
你擅长什么? (Nǐ shàncháng shénme?) |
我擅长语言。 (Wǒ shàncháng yǔyán.) |
Once more with the English translation. |
你擅长什么? (Nǐ shàncháng shénme?) |
“What are you good at?” |
我擅长语言。 (Wǒ shàncháng yǔyán.) |
“I'm good at languages.” |
First of all you'll need to learn how to say “What are you good at?” |
That's: |
你擅长什么? (Nǐ shàncháng shénme?) |
Listen to it again: |
你擅长什么?, 你擅长什么? (Nǐ shàncháng shénme?, Nǐ shàncháng shénme?) |
This Chinese sentence literally translates as “You good at what?” But it means “What are you good at?”. |
Now, how do you answer this question? |
The pattern is: |
我擅长[skill]。 (Wǒ shàncháng [skill].) |
This Chinese sentence literally translates as “I good at [skill].” But it means “I'm good at [skill].”. |
For example: |
“I'm good at languages.” |
我擅长语言。, 我擅长语言。 (Wǒ shàncháng yǔyán., Wǒ shàncháng yǔyán.) |
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