"那个是我的电话号码。"
Translation:That is my phone number.
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Why the 个 here? I've seen other sentences with just 那是 without including the counter.
I asked a fluent person and they told me this 个 isn't necessary, but that in this sentence it's being used as an emphasis. That one is my phone number.
They're different mas; 吗 ma (fifth/neutral tone) is the question marker; 码 mǎ (third tone) is part of the word for number, 号码.
(码）this ma means number and so used in sentences co taining number (吗）this ma indicates question.
We've only just begun. And it's already getting tricky. For me anyway.
If its getting tricky just keep practicing the same lesson until you get it
Isn't the 个 just used to refer to people? In this sentence, I think the 个 is refering to the phone number, not the subject 我.
个 refers both to people and it's also the generic measure word for when there isn't a more specific one, or you don't know it. (It's better to be more specific if you can, but I think most Chinese speakers understand measure words are tricky for learners.)
I wish they would slow down the audio. I feel that people wouldn't speak to a foreigner this fast, knowing that they most likely Chinese isn't their native language.
why is “那个” in front of subject? I thought the structure is subject/time/place/manner?
那 is the subject here (to be precise, it is a demonstrative pronoun used as a subject: "that"). Then comes the copula verb 是, after which you have the subject complement that tells you some more about the subject: "that" thing turns out to be someone's phone number.
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"This is my phone number" would be translated as "这是我的电话号码" (zhè shì wǒde diànhuà hàomă).
