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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