Families
Clothes
Making a sentence negative is easy - you just need to add bù / 不 after the word for 'I' - wǒ / 我.
wǒ chuān / 我 穿 - I wear
wŏ bù chuān / 我 不 穿 - I don't wear
Look at the CHARACTERS (pictures) for 'he' and 'she' in the phrase below. They are different, even though the PINYIN (writing) is the same.
tā chuān / 他 穿 - He wears
tā chuān / 她 穿 - She wears
Clothes are NOUNS. When you use a noun in Chinese with a number or an amount, you need to use a MEASURE WORD. Nouns can have different measure words eg jiàn, dǐng, tiáo.
yí jiàn máo yī / 一 件 毛 衣 - a jumper
yí jiàn chèn shān / 一 件 衬 衫 - a shirt
yì dǐng mào zi / 一 顶 帽 子 - a hat
yì tiáo qún zǐ / 一 条 裙 子 - a skirt
yí jiàn wài tào / 一 件 外 套 - a coat
yì tiáo wéi jīn / 一 条 围 巾 - a scarf
