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+type: Classes
+title: 03/27/2025 - Chinese Class
+date: '2025-03-27'
+---
+
+# Homework
+
+- 3 sentences using "before doing something big, First think about what the cost is, including time, energy, and money you need to spend. "
+
+    - Zaì nǐ Juédìng bān dào qítā guójiā zhīqián, xiān xiǎng xiǎng nǐ xūyào wèi cǐ fùchū shénme, bāokuò tóurù duōshǎo shíjiān, jīnglǐ hé cáiwù
+
+    - Zaì nǐ juédìng jiéhūn zhīqián, xiān xiǎng xiǎng nǐ xūyào wèi cǐ fùchū shénme, bāokuò tóurù duōshǎo shíjiān, jīnglǐ hé cáiwù
+
+    - Zaì nǐ juédìng xúnzhǎo xīn gōngzuò zhīqián, xiān xiǎng xiǎng nǐ xūyào wèi cǐ fùchū shénme, bāokuò tóurù duōshǎo shíjiān, jīnglǐ hé cáiwù
+
+- Recite the two "conversations" about your wife & mom
+
+# Random Sentences used during a language class
+
+1. 你能再说一遍
+
+    - Nǐ néng zàishuō yībiàn ma？
+
+        - Could you repeat that？
+
+2. 你能慢一点儿吗
+
+    - Nǐ néng mànyīdiǎn'er ma? 
+
+        - Can you slow down a bit?
+
+            - This is the polite way. In spoken Chinese, they skip the formalities, and just say "mànyīdiǎn'er“ 2x -> Slow down, Slow Down
+
+3. 慢一点儿
+
+    - mànyīdiǎn'er 2x
+
+        - Slow down, Slow Down
+
+4. 我没听清
+
+    - Wǒ méi tīng qīng
+
+        - I didn't hear it *clearly*
+
+            - "qīng|清" means "clearly" when used as a Verb Compliment
+
+5. 我没听懂
+
+    - Wǒ méi tīng dǒng 
+
+        - I heard it, but didn't understand
+
+            - "dǒng|懂" means "understood" when used as a Verb Compliment
+
+6. 你能换一种说法嘛？
+
+    - Nǐ néng huàn yī zhǒng shuōfǎ ma? 
+
+        - Can you put it another way? | LIT: You can change a kind of speech?
+
+            - yī zhǒng shuōfǎ -> A Kind of Statement
+
+7. 我还是不懂，这个词用英语什么说呢？
+
+    - Wǒ háishì bù dǒng, zhège cí yòng yīngyǔ zěnme shuō ne? 
+
+        - I still don't understand, how do you say this word in English?
+
+8. 同意します
+
+    - Dōi shimasu
+
+        - I agree
+
+
+
+
+# Homework
+
+Practice the words
+
+
+