curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/zh-a1-learn-understanding-questions-and-answers/691884c9873bd652f9686d04.md
When you want to give a negative answer, you can say 不是 (bù shì), which means "no" or "is not".
Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.
我 (wǒ) BLANK 中国人 (zhōng guó rén)，我是新加坡人 (wǒ shì xīn jiā pō rén)。你呢 (nǐ ne)？
不是 (bù shì)
This word means "is not", and is used to make a negative statement.
不是 (bù shì) means "to be not". 不 (bù) means "no" or "not". It's added before a verb or an adjective to indicate that something is not the case. 是 (shì) meaning "to be".
This word can be used to negate things like identity, existence, and classification. For example:
我不是开发者 (wǒ bù shì kāi fā zhě)。 – I am not a developer.
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