S2E9 I’m a Teacher. I’m Not a Doctor. Who Are You?👩🏻‍🏫 (How to Use 是 and 不是 in Mandarin) —Essential Mandarin Lesson 9 episode artwork

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S2E9 I’m a Teacher. I’m Not a Doctor. Who Are You?👩🏻‍🏫 (How to Use 是 and 不是 in Mandarin) —Essential Mandarin Lesson 9

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🎓 Learn Mandarin with Me — 1-on-1 on Preply!💸 Get 30% OFF your first class🔗 ⁠https://preply.com/en/?pref=NjkzNjk1Mw==&id=1753189602.091521&ep=⁠📋 Check out my full profile:🔗 ⁠https://preply.com/en/tutor/2970664This episode is part of the Essential Mandarin series on Little Mandarin Season 2, designed to take you from complete beginner to real-life everyday Mandarin.In Lesson 9, we’re learning how to use 是 and 不是 to say who someone is, what they are, and what they are not.You’ll learn how to build simple but essential sentences like 我是老师, 他是医生, and 她不是我妹妹, and start turning the vocabulary you already know into real Mandarin sentences.We’ll also look at an important beginner insight: why 是 in Mandarin matters, but is not used as often as English to be — especially when Mandarin is describing qualities rather than identity.And if you want a quick extra review of personal pronouns like 我, 你, 他, 她, and 它, there’s also a separate bonus episode for that.By the end of this episode, you’ll be able to identify people and things much more clearly in Mandarin — and understand one of the most important early grammar patterns in the language.

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