HSK 1 • Lesson 7你身体好吗
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你身体好吗

Nǐ shēntǐ hǎo ma
How is Your Health?
Pattern 1

最近你身体好吗?

Zuìjìn nǐ shēntǐ hǎo ma?
Meaning:How has your health been recently?

Polite greeting inquiring about health using a subject-predicate predicate ('你身体好').

Pattern 2

你的宿舍大不大?

Nǐ de sùshè dà bu dà?
Meaning:Is your dorm room big or not?

Affirmative-negative question for adjectives: [Adj + bu + Adj?]. Never add '吗' at the end.

Pattern 3

宿舍里有没有空调?

Sùshè lǐ yǒu méiyǒu kōngtiáo?
Meaning:Is there an air conditioner in the dorm?

Affirmative-negative question with '有': [有没有 + Noun?]. Negative of '有' is always '没有'.

Pattern 4

你的宿舍离教室远不远?

Nǐ de sùshè lí jiàoshì yuǎn bu yuǎn?
Meaning:Is your dorm far from the classrooms?

Expressing distance between two places: [A 离 B + 远 / 近 / 不远 / 远不远].

Pattern 5

我们学校留学生挺多的。

Wǒmen xuéxiào liúxuéshēng tǐng duō de.
Meaning:There are quite a lot of international students at our university.

Degree pattern in conversational speech: '挺 + Adj + 的' (equivalent to '很 + Adj').

Pattern 6

学校食堂怎么样?

Xuéxiào shítáng zěnmeyàng?
Meaning:How is the school cafeteria?

Using interrogative pronoun '怎么样' to inquire about conditions, qualities, or opinions.