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1[一] 人称

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I	我; wǒ
I and you	我 和 你; wǒ hé nǐ
both of us	我们 两人/俩; wǒmen liǎng rén/ liǎ
he	他; tā
he and she	他 和 她; tā hé tā
they both	他们 两人/俩; tāmen liǎng rén/ liǎ
the man	男人; nánrén
the woman	女人; nǚrén
the child	孩子; háizi
a family	一个 家庭; yīgè jiātíng
my family	我的 家庭 /我的 家人; wǒ de jiātíng/ wǒ de jiārén
My family is here.	我的 家庭 在 这里 。; wǒ de jiātíng zài zhèlǐ.
I am here.	我 在 这里 。; Wǒ zài zhèlǐ.
You are here.	你 在 这里 。; Nǐ zài zhèlǐ.
He is here and she is here.	他 在 这里 和 她 在 这里 。; Tā zài zhèlǐ hé tā zài zhèlǐ.
We are here.	我们 在 这里 。; Wǒmen zài zhèlǐ.
You are here.	你们 在 这里 。; Nǐmen zài zhèlǐ.
They are all here.	他们 都 在 这里 。; Tāmen dōu zài zhèlǐ.

Alphabets

We can communicate with languages. We tell others what we're thinking or feeling. Writing has this function as well. Most languages have a written form, or writing. Writing consists of characters. These characters can be diverse. Most writing is made up of letters. These letters make up alphabets. An alphabet is an organized set of graphic symbols. These characters are joined to form words according to certain rules. Each character has a fixed pronunciation. The term "alphabet" comes from the Greek language. There, the first two letters were called "alpha" and "beta". There have been many different alphabets throughout history. People were using characters more than 3,000 years ago. Earlier, characters were magical symbols. Only a few people knew what they meant. Later, the characters lost their symbolic nature. Today, letters have no meaning. They only have a meaning when they are combined with other letters. Characters such as that of the Chinese function differently. They resemble pictures and often depict what they mean. When we write, we are encoding our thoughts. We use characters to record our knowledge. Our brain has learned how to decode the alphabet. Characters become words, words become ideas. In this way, a text can survive for thousands of years. And still be understood…