【北海道Hokkaido生活】
5月25日水曜日　天気/晴れ　気温/22℃ 

東川町/ひがしかわちょう
写真甲子園/しゃしんこうしえん
・全国の高校生が集まって、写真の技術や表現で競う
・大会に応募したのは、533の学校
・26日から始まる

［単語］
全国/ぜんこく…国の中の全部
集まる/あつまる…多くのものが１つの場所に来る
表現/ひょうげん…思うことを、色・言葉・音によって出すこと。
競う/きそう…勝ちと負けを決めること
大会/たいかい…多くの人が集まって、何かをする。
応募/おうぼ…大学・会社などに申し込むこと

レッスン待ってます♪


北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#65〉5月25日水曜日　全国の高校生が北海道で写真をとる

An interrogative sentence with a choice-type question uses “háishi 还是”(or) to connect choice A and choice B. The responder needs to choose A or B.
For example：
nǐ shì lǎo shī hái shì xué shenɡ ？ 
你是老师还是学生？Are you a teacher or a student?

tā xué xí hàn yǔ hái shì hán yǔ ？ 
她学习汉语还是韩语？Does she study Chinese or Korean?

shū diàn zài zuǒ biɑn hái shì yòu biɑn ？ 
书店在左边还是右边？Is the bookstore on the left or the right?

xiàn zài qù chāo shì hái shì xià wǔ qù ？ 
现在去超市还是下午去？Go to the supermarket now or in the afternoon?

JOJO CHINESE

Choice-type Question

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