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type: Classes
title: 07/31/2025 - Chinese Class
date: '2025-07-31'
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Random Words



Random Sentences

这个小男孩就是跟我一起去日本地那个朋友
​Zhège xiǎo nánhái jiùshì gēn wǒ yīqǐ qù rìběn dì nàgè péngyǒu
​This little boy is the friend who went to Japan with me

因为我不想让她刺激我的情绪
Yīnwèi wǒ bùxiǎng ràng tā cìjī wǒ de qíngxù
​Because I don't want him to get on my nerves.

- cìjī -> To Provoke

- qíngxù -> Emotions



# 新对话：讨论地震和语言 -> New Conversation: Discussing Earthquakes and Prophecies

地震 -> dìzhèn -> Earthquakes

语言 -> yǔyán -> Prophecies



A: 你听说了吗？最近俄罗斯发生了8.8级大地震，是历史上第六大地震
A: Nǐ tīng shuōle ma? Zuìjìn èluósī fāshēngle 8.8 Jí dà dìzhèn, shì lìshǐ shàng dì liù dà dìzhèn
​A: Have you heard? Russia recently had a magnitude 8.8 earthquake, the 6th largest earthquake in history.

- Jí -> Level, or Magnitude

- lìshǐ -> History

- fāshēng -> To Occur

    - fāshēngle -> Happened, can also mean "to experience a disaster" like in this case.

B: 我听说了，但真没想到会那么严重
​B: Wǒ tīng shuōle, dàn zhēn méi xiǎngdào huì nàme yánzhòng
​B: I heard about it, but I didn’t expect it to be so serious.

- 那么 -> nàme -> So (extent)

A: 你发现了吗？近些年灾难越来越多，你想过是什么原因吗
A: Nǐ fāxiànle ma? Jìn xiē nián zāinàn yuè lái yuè duō, nǐ xiǎngguò shì shénme yuányīn ma?
​A: Have you noticed? Recent years more and more disasters, you think are what reasons?

- Jìn xiē nián -> In Recent Years

- zāinàn -> Disasters

- yuányīn -> Reasons

- nǐ xiǎngguò shì shénme yuányīn ma -> Common expression, used to ask if we ever thought about why something might be. Literally "You thought are what reasons?"

B: 我不知道
​B: Wǒ bù zhīdào
​B: I don’t know

A: 其实这跟一个圣经预言有关,不过我得先走了,下次来告诉你
A: Qíshí zhè gēn yīgè shèngjīng yùyán yǒuguān, bùguò wǒ děi xiān zǒule, xià cì lái gàosù nǐ
​A: Actually this with a bible prophecy related, but I have to leave, next time I'll tell you

- yǒuguān -> Related

- bùguò -> but

- děi -> colloquial way to say "have to"



## Nǐ tīng shuōle ma? 

Have you heard? Stick this before another sentence, just like we do in English, if your introducing a new though or event.



## To Experience a Disaster 

{{Location}} + fāshēngle + {{disaster}}

A {{Location}} experienced {{disaster}}



## More and More 

yuè lái yuè + ADJ

More and more ADJ



# Homework