Introduce yourself — where you're from, what you do, and your interests.
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你是哪里人？
Where are you from? (Literally 'you are where person?')
我是美国人
I'm from America (Literally 'I am America-person'. 美国 — 'beautiful country'.)
你住在哪里？
Where do you live? (住在 — 'live at'. Location follows 在.)
我住在北京
I live in Beijing (北京 — literally 'north capital'.)
你做什么工作？
What's your job? (Literally 'you do what work?')
我是数据科学家
I'm a data scientist (数据 = data, 科学家 = scientist (science-expert).)
我是艺术家
I'm an artist (家 = '-ist/expert' suffix (also in 科学家, 作家).)
我是老师
I'm a teacher (Literally 'old master' — respectful.)
你是学生吗？你学什么？
Are you a student? What do you study?
我在大学学语言
I study languages at university (在 marks location before the verb — 'at university study languages'.)
你会说什么语言？
What languages do you speak? (会 = 'know how to / can' — needed with learned skills.)
我会说英语和一点中文
I speak English and a bit of Chinese (一点 — 'one dot', i.e. 'a little'.)
你的母语是什么？
What's your native language? (母语 — literally 'mother tongue'.)
你空闲时间做什么？
What do you do in your free time? (空闲 = 'empty-idle', i.e. free.)
我喜欢看书和看电影
I like to read and watch movies (看 = 'look at' — used for both reading and watching. 电影 — 'electric shadow'.)
我喜欢和朋友见面开玩笑
I like meeting friends and joking around (开玩笑 — literally 'open a joke'.)
你有什么爱好？
Do you have any hobbies? (爱好 — 'love-like', i.e. hobby.)
你做什么运动？
Do you play any sports?
你多大？
How old are you? (Literally 'you how big?')
我二十一岁
I'm twenty-one (二十一 — 'two-ten-one' = 21. 岁 = years of age.)
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