Zhège píngguǒ hěn hǎochī.
This apple is very tasty.
This sentence uses the adjective '好吃' to describe the taste of the apple. The use of '很' emphasizes the degree of the adjective. Another example: '这个电影很有趣。'
这个 (zhège): this苹果 (píngguǒ): apple很 (hěn): very好吃 (hǎochī): tasty
Wǒ xǐhuan chī zhōngcān hé Rìběn liàolǐ.
I like to eat Chinese food and Japanese cuisine.
In this sentence, the verb '喜欢' is used to express 'like', and is followed by the object '吃中餐和日本料理'. The conjunction '和' is used to connect '中餐' and '日本料理', both of which are objects of the verb '吃'.
喜欢 (xǐhuan): to like吃 (chī): to eat中餐 (zhōngcān): Chinese food/cuisine和 (hé): and日本 (Rìběn): Japan/Japanese料理 (liàolǐ): cuisine
wǒ mǎi le yí gè píngguǒ.
I bought an apple.
The verb 'to buy' (买) is followed by the particle 'le' to indicate the completion of the action. The measure word '个' (gè) is used to count the object 'apple' (苹果).
我 (wǒ): I/me买 (mǎi): to buy了 (le): particle indicating completed action一个 (yí gè): one苹果 (píngguǒ): apple
Wǒmen yīqǐ qù kàn diànyǐng zěnme yàng?
How about we go watch a movie together?
In this sentence, the phrase 'yiqi' (together) is used to indicate that the proposed activity is a joint one. The question phrase 'zenmeyang' (how about) is used to ask for the other person's opinion.
我们 (wǒmen): we一起 (yīqǐ): together去 (qù): go看 (kàn): watch电影 (diànyǐng): movie怎么样 (zěnme yàng): how about
tā bù xǐ huān chī yú.
He doesn't like to eat fish.
This sentence shows the negative form in Chinese, which is formed by placing “不”(bù) before the verb. In this sentence, “不”(bù) is placed before “喜欢”(like), indicating a negation of the verb’s action.
他 (tā): he不 (bù): not喜欢 (xǐ huān): like吃 (chī): eat鱼 (yú): fish