This lesson is about the use of indefinite articles in Chinese.
Amy： 我是一个老师.Jane： 我是一个学生.
When referring to animals, the indefinite article '一只' is usually used.
Cat： 我是一只猫.
Lesson 4 Review：
A teacher - 一个老师 (yī gè lǎo shī)
A student - 一个学生 (yī gè xué shēng)
A cat - 一只猫 (yī zhī māo)
Notes:
Both '一个' and '一只' can be translated in English to the indefinite articles "a" and "an".
'一个' is often used to refer to a person while the indefinite article '一只' is usually used to refer to animals. However, there are some exceptions, for example:
A horse: 一匹马 (yī pǐ mǎ)
A dog: 一条狗 (yī tiáo gǒu)
A cow: 一头牛 (yī tóu níu)
The Chinese characters '只' and '个' are measure words (also known as classifiers).
The characters 我是 means "I am".
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