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9. Structure
Possessive adjective + birthday + verb to be
+ number1 + month + number2 + date.
Example
Wǒ de shēngrì
shì
Èr yuè èrshíwǔ hào。
Meaning
My birthday is February 25
th
.
10. Structure
Subject + verb to be + number + year + be born+ de.
Example
Wǒ
+
shì
y ījiǔjiǔwǔ
+
nián
+
chūshēng
+
de 。
Meaning
I was born in the year 1995.
11. Structure
Noun + verb to be + week + number.
Example
Jīntiān
+
shì
+
Xīngq ī
+
liù 。
Meaning
Today is Saturday.
Yíwènc í
Interrogative word
j ǐ
how many /
which
ne？
Interrogative particle in
question with “ne”
nǎ
which
wèishénme
why
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