Level 3 · Lesson 19

那是谁的车？
Whose car is that?

那辆车是王老师的。哪辆自行车是你的？

Ask who owns something with 谁的, pick one out with 哪 + 量词, and count wheels, machines, buildings and flowers.

听 · Listen

谁的？
 安娜 —  那是谁的车？ 
Whose car is that?  
 李明 —  那辆车是王老师的。 
That car is Teacher Wang's.  
 安娜 —  自行车呢？哪辆是你的？ 
And the bikes? Which one is yours?  
 李明 —  左边那辆红的是我的。 
The red one on the left is mine.  
 安娜 —  你的自行车很新！ 
Your bike is very new!  
 李明 —  谢谢。桌子上那台电脑也是我的。 
Thanks. That computer on the table is mine too.  
 安娜 —  哪座房子是你家？ 
Which house is your home?  
 李明 —  前边那座。门旁边有很多花。 
That one in front. There are lots of flowers by the door.  

讲解 · Explanation

那是谁的车？那辆车是王老师的。

谁 plus 的 asks who a thing belongs to, and like every Chinese question word it stays in the slot where the answer will stand: 谁的车 goes in, 王老师的车 comes back. In the answer you can drop the noun after 的 and stop there — 是王老师的, 是我的 — because 的 on its own already means 'the one belonging to'.

哪辆自行车是你的？

To pick one out of several, put 哪 in front of the noun's measure word: 哪本书, 哪辆车, 哪座房子. 哪 shares its slot with 这 and 那, which also take a 量词 — 这本书, 那辆车 — so the three swap freely and the rest of the sentence never moves. Watch the tone: 哪 is nǎ, third tone and a question; 那 is nà, fourth tone and an answer.

一辆车、一台电脑、一座房子、一朵花。

Four more measure words, each with a clear job. 辆 counts anything on wheels: 一辆车, 一辆自行车. 台 counts machines: 一台电脑. 座 counts what sits heavy on the ground — houses, bridges, mountains: 一座房子. 朵 counts blossoms: 一朵花. Learn each one welded to its noun, exactly as you learned 一本书.

生词 · Vocabulary

词	Meaning	注 · Note
辆	measure word for vehicles	一辆车 yí liàng chē, 一辆自行车
自行车	bicycle	一辆自行车 yí liàng zìxíngchē
台	measure word for machines	一台电脑 yì tái diànnǎo
座	measure word for buildings and mountains	一座房子 yí zuò fángzi
朵	measure word for flowers	一朵花 yì duǒ huā

练习 · Practice

我家有一 ______ 自行车。 A bicycle has wheels. Which measure word?

那是 ______ 车？ You want to know who owns that car.

哪 ______ 书是你的？ Fill in the measure word for books.

排一排。 Arrange the words: 'That car is the teacher's.'

辆、台、座、朵、自行车 Match each word to what it counts, or to its meaning.

用一用 · Use it

这是谁的？这是我的。那辆自行车是谁的？

Pick up five things around you and ask each one out loud: 这是谁的？ Answer yourself: 这是我的，那是我妈妈的。Then point at two of the same kind and choose between them with 哪 and the right measure word: 哪本书是你的？哪台电脑是老师的？ If a 量词 will not come, say the noun first and let the measure word follow later — but come back and fix it.