Connecting nouns with "shi"

Nível: HSK 1 | Categoria: Gramática

Explicação da Regra:

The verb to be is not used in Chinese the same way as it is in English. In Chinese, 是 (shì) is for connecting nouns, and is generally not used with adjectives. The structure for connecting nouns with 是 (shì) is: Noun 1 + 是 + Noun 2 This is equivalent to "Noun 1 is Noun 2" in English. Chinese does not conjugate verbs. That is, the form of the verb is the same no matter who is doing it. In this case, it is always 是 (shì) and never changes. As you can see, it's easy to form simple sentences expressing to be in Chinese. The only tricky thing about 是 (shì) in Chinese is that it's used to link two nouns, so you can't rely too much on translating directly from English when it comes to expressing the English verb "to be" in Chinese. • 我 是 学生。Wǒ shì xuésheng.I am a student. • 你 是 John 吗？Nǐ shì John ma?Are you John? • 他们 是 有钱 人。Tāmen shì yǒuqián rén.They are rich people. • 你是 老板 吗？Nǐ shì lǎobǎn ma?Are you the boss? • 这 是 我 男朋友。Zhè shì wǒ nánpéngyou.This is my boyfriend. • 那 是 你们 公司 吗？Nà shì nǐmen gōngsī ma?Is that your company? • 你 妈妈 是 老师 吗？Nǐ māma shì lǎoshī ma?Is your mother a teacher? • 这 都 是 你 的 钱。Zhè dōu shì nǐ de qián.This is all your money. • 那 是 什么 菜？Nà shì shénme cài?What food is that? • 我 也 是 他 的 朋友。Wǒ yě shì tā de péngyou.I am also his friend.

Exemplos com Falantes Nativos:

• 妈妈晚上没做饭。 (māmā wǎnshàng méi zuòfàn 。): "Mom didn't cook at night."
• 我没有做。 (wǒ méiyǒu zuò 。): "I didn't do it."
• 我是学生。 (wǒ shì xuéshēng 。): "I am a student."
• 你是John吗？ (nǐ shì John ma ？): "Are you John?"

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