Some questions about basic Chinese
Hello everyone! Let me ask you some questions about basic Chinese.
1) When I was reading the text I noticed this ''他们都有中国姓, 有中文名字''
Why 中国姓 but 中文名字? Can I say 中国名字 or 中文姓? Or perhaps there's special rule why I can't?
2) ''这本书很重'' I'm not saying about counting in this sentence so why is necessary to put 本 here?
3) 那是小李的书 = 那书是的小李?
Thank you guys! And best regards!

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Hi Alesia, 
The followings are my personal opinions on your questions：
① I think there is no need to distinguish '中国' and '中文' in situation like this. They are both correct and mean 'Chinese' here. 
② This is a problem of Chinese quantifiers. Actually it's common to omit quantifiers in oral speaking, so it's natural to say “这书很重”.
③那是小李的书？=那书是小李的？
Hope they help ：)

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I'll come back soon.

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