shì

Usages of shì

 shì 学生xuéshēngwǒ shì xuéshēng.
I am a student.
 shì 老师lǎoshī manǐ shì lǎoshī ma?
Are you a teacher?
  shì 老师lǎoshīwǒ bú shì lǎoshī.
I am not a teacher.

Note how (falling tone) changes it's pronunciation to (rising tone) when followed by a falling tone.

zhè  rén shì 学生xuéshēngzhè gè rén shì xuéshēng.
This person is a student.
zhè  rén  shì 老师lǎoshīzhè gè rén bú shì lǎoshī.
This person is not a teacher.
 shì 中国zhōngguó rénwǒ shì zhōngguó rén.
I am Chinese.
 shì 中国zhōngguó rén manǐ shì zhōngguó rén ma?
Are you Chinese?
李雷lǐléi shì 学生xuéshēnglǐléi shì xuéshēng.
Li Lei is a student.
zhè shì 什么shénmezhè shì shénme?
What is this?
 de 名字míngzi shì 李雷lǐléiwǒ de míngzi shì lǐléi.
My name is Li Lei.
  shì 学生xuéshēngtā yě shì xuéshēng.
He is also a student.
   shì 朋友péngyoutā hé tā shì péngyou.
He and she are friends.
 yǒu  běn shū běn shū shì  dewǒ yǒu yì běn shū,nà běn shū shì wǒ de.
I have a book; that book is mine.
zhè shì 什么shénme 意思yìsizhè shì shénme yìsi?
What does this mean?
我们wǒmen shì 去年qùnián zài 学校xuéxiào 见面jiànmiàn dewǒmen shì qùnián zài xuéxiào jiànmiàn de.
We met at school last year.
我们wǒmen shì zuò 地铁dìtiě  医院yīyuàn de, piào   guìwǒmen shì zuò dìtiě qù yīyuàn de, piào yě bú guì.
We went to the hospital by subway; the tickets weren’t expensive.
我们wǒmen shì  自行车zìxíngchē  de,  shì zuò 地铁dìtiě  dewǒmen shì qí zìxíngchē qù de, bú shì zuò dìtiě qù de.
We went by bicycle, not by subway.
 shì 去年qùnián lái 公司gōngsī 工作gōngzuò de,  shì 今年jīnnián lái detā shì qùnián lái gōngsī gōngzuò de, wǒ shì jīnnián lái de.
She came to the company to work last year; I came this year.
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