I, me 我 wǒ

She is following behind me. 她跟在我後面 Tā gēn zài wǒ hòu-miàn
she, her 她 tā	follow 跟 gēn	at 在 zài	I, me 我 wǒ	behind 後面 hòu-miàn

I am following behind her. 我跟在她後面 Wǒ gēn zài tā hòu-miàn
I, me 我 wǒ	follow 跟 gēn	at 在 zài	she, her 她 tā	behind 後面 hòu-miàn

I am walking ahead of her. 我走在她前面 Wǒ zǒu zài tā qián-miàn
I, me 我 wǒ	walk, go 走 zǒu	at 在 zài	she, her 她 tā	ahead 前面 qián-miàn

She is walking ahead of me. 她走在我前面 Tā zǒu zài wǒ qián-miàn
she, her 她 tā	walk, go 走 zǒu	at 在 zài	I, me 我 wǒ	ahead 前面 qián-miàn

I am standing beside her. 我站在她旁邊 Wǒ zhàn zài tā páng-biān
I, me 我 wǒ	stand 站 zhàn	at 在 zài	she, her 她 tā	beside 旁邊 páng-biān

She is standing beside me. 她站在我旁邊 Tā zhàn zài wǒ páng-biān
she, her 她 tā	stand 站 zhàn	at 在 zài	I, me 我 wǒ	beside 旁邊 páng-biān

I 我 wǒ

I wish… 我希望 wǒ xī-wàng
I 我 wǒ	wish, hope 希望 xī-wàng

I wish you were here. 我希望你在這裡 Wǒ xī-wàng nǐ zài zhè-lǐ
I 我 wǒ	wish, hope 希望 xī-wàng		you 你 nǐ	at 在 zài	here 這裡 zhè-lǐ

I hope… 我希望 wǒ xī-wàng
I 我 wǒ	wish, hope 希望 xī-wàng

I hope you can come back. 我希望你能夠回來 Wǒ xī-wàng nǐ néng-gòu huí-lái
I 我 wǒ	wish, hope 希望 xī-wàng		you 你 nǐ	can 能夠 néng-gòu		come back 回來 huí-lái

I hope you are all well and safe. 我希望你一切平安 Wǒ xī-wàng nǐ yí-qiè píng-ān
I 我 wǒ	wish, hope 希望 xī-wàng		you 你 nǐ	all, every 一切 yí-qiè		safe and well 平安 píng-ān

I hope this is true. 我希望這是真的 Wǒ xī-wàng zhè shì zhēn-de
I 我 wǒ	wish, hope 希望 xī-wàng		this 這 zhè	is 是 shì	true 真的 zhēn-de

I hope this is not true. 我希望這不是真的 Wǒ xī-wàng zhè bú shì zhēn-de
I 我 wǒ	wish, hope 希望 xī-wàng		this 這 zhè	is not 不是 bú shì		true 真的 zhēn-de

I look forward to… 我期待 wǒ qí-dài
I 我 wǒ	look forward to 期待 qí-dài

I am looking forward to your arrival. 我期待你的到來 Wǒ qí-dài nǐ de dào-lái
I 我 wǒ	look forward to 期待 qí-dài		your 你的 nǐ de		arrival, coming 到來 dào-lái

I am looking forward to a dream come true. 我期待美夢成真 Wǒ qí-dài měi mèng chéng zhēn
I 我 wǒ	look forward to 期待 qí-dài		fond dream 美夢 měi mèng		come true 成真 chéng zhēn

I expect… 我預料 wǒ yù-liào
I 我 wǒ	expect 預料 yù-liào

I expect that you will come back. 我預料你會回來 Wǒ yù-liào nǐ huì huí-lái
I 我 wǒ	expect 預料 yù-liào		you 你 nǐ	will 會 huì	come back 回來 huí-lái

I expect it will be better tomorrow. 我預料明天會更好 Wǒ yù-liào míng-tiān huì gèng hǎo
I 我 wǒ	expect 預料 yù-liào		tomorrow 明天 míng-tiān		will 會 huì	better 更好 gèng hǎo

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Let’s Talk in Chinese 61

behind 後面, ahead 前面, beside 旁邊
following behind 跟在後面
walking ahead of 走在前面
standing beside 站在旁邊

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Let’s Talk in Chinese 62

I wish… I hope… 我希望
I look forward to… 我期待, I expect… 我預料
I wish you were here. 我希望你在這裡
I hope you can come back. 我希望你能夠回來
I am looking forward to your arrival. 我期待你的到來
I expect that you will come back. 我預料你會回來

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