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lesson 22 — de and shi

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b.  The man who is wearing a cap
c.  That man who is standing over there wearing a cap
d.  The man who is standing over there.
e.  That man who is standing over there.

For a version you might hear on mainland China, replace na li with nar (third tone).

More on 3b. The sentence is literally “this is whose pen?” The answer is “This is my pen.”
More on 3c. “This unit of pen is whose?”  Answer: “That unit of pen is mine.”

Answers to matching:
1c answers: 1c, 2d (ka fei is coffee), 3a, 4b.
4b answers: 1b, 2d, 3a, 4c. Lao Shi is teacher, pronounced lao sher.
5b answers: 1b, 2d, 3a, 4a.

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