Chinese in Daily Life -- 0012( Sentence: 078--082): How To Say "Valentine's Day" and "I Love You" In Chinese
-- Grammar 01: Question Sentence and Main Chinese Sentence Form

Along with the opening of China, more and more Chinese people, mainly the young people start to celebrate Valentine鈥檚 Day as Westerners do. Also, many companies pay more attention to the characteristics and psychology of the young people and we do not arrange any work in the Valentine鈥檚 Day's night as long as possible.

I had edited something to show you how to say 鈥淰alentine's Day" and "I Love You" In Chinese in the Valentine's Day in 2006 and hope it will be some help to you to learn Chinese.

--Shirley Zhang

Feb 14, 2009 in the USA


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Hi, friends, it is Valentine's Day on Thursday Feb 14th so I have written out a few sentences to show you how to talk about Love in Chinese.

Also, I would like to show you how to ask a question in Chinese.

SENTENCES ABOUT VALENTINE'S DAY AND LOVE:

Please hit any Chinese character that you need   help with to see its Chinese pinyin, pronunciation and meaning and then follow me to read it.

No. 078: -- 浣犱滑杩�鎯呬汉鑺�鍚�锛�
            -- 鏄�鐨勶紝鎴戜滑杩囥��
            -- Do you celebrate Valentine's Day?
            -- Yes, we do.

No. 079: -- 涓�鍥戒汉閫�鐜�鐟�缁�浠栦滑鐨�鎭嬩汉鍚�锛�
            -- 鏄�鐨勶紝涓�浜涗腑鍥戒汉閫併��
            -- Do the Chinese send roses to their lovers?
            -- Yes, some Chinese poeple do. :-)

No.081:   -- 鏈�甯歌�佺殑鎯呬汉鑺�绀肩墿鏄�浠�涔�锛�
            -- 绾㈢帿鐟板拰宸у厠鍔涖��
            -- What is the most common gift for Valentine's Day?
            -- Red roses and chocolate. :-)


No.082:   -- 鎬庢牱鐢�涓�鍥借瘽璇�鈥淚 love you鈥�?
            -- 浣犲彲浠ヨ�粹�滄垜鐖变綘鈥濄��
            -- How do you say "I Love You" in Chinese?
            -- You can say "W菕 Ài Nĭ".


CHINESE GRAMMAR:

You can see from these sentences that, in Chinese, question sentences take the same form whether they are for general questions or specific questions. A question is constructed from a statement by the addition of an auxiliary word and a question mark to the end of the statement; the word order of the statement is not changed as it is in English. In spoken Chinese it is important to raise the tone of the voice at the end of the sentence to indicate a question as you do in English.   :-)

So the main points are:   

1. In the Chinese language, statement sentences and question sentences have the same grammatical form.

2. The main sentence form in the Chinese language is:   

subject + verb + object

3. The Chinese language uses an auxiliary word and a question mark to indicate a question, and in spoken Chinese, a rising tone.

I hope it works for you.   


If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please write to shirley@ebridge.cn , or Yiping007@MissouriState.edu.You are also welcome to publish your opinions in Forum For Friends. :-)   

--Shirley Zhang
Written and Recorded On Sun, Feb 12, 2006