Pinyin

 Nǐ hǎo                                   Hello
(you good)

Nǐ hǎo, ma                           How are you
(ma turns anything into a question)

Wǒ shì Louise                     I am Louise

Nǐ shì Random                    You are Random

(shì fulfills some of the functions of the verb to be; there are others.
Verbs are not conjugated for either person or time...)

Wǒ shì jiānádà rén              I am Canadian

Nǐ shì zhōng guó rén          You are Chinese
(you are middle kingdom person)

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