--- type: Classes title: 05/08/2025 - Chinese Class date: '2025-05-08' --- # Homework Pick two words and make 2 sentences using Qián-something - 我的前任打电话给我 || Wǒ de qiánrèn dǎ diànhuà gěi wǒ - 他的前妻偷窃了我的钱 || Tā de qiánqī tōuqièle wǒ de qián 1 sentence using jīngshén (a male, not a female) - 他的弟兄非常精神 || Tā de dìxiōng fēicháng jīngshén 2 sentences using Méi xiǎngdào - 我没想到学习中文 || Wǒ méi xiǎngdào néng xuéxí zhōngwén - 我没想到能完成大学学业 || Wǒ méi xiǎngdào néng wánchéng dàxué xuéyè 2 sentences using Yào bùyào yīqǐ... - Yào bùyào yīqǐ qù gōngyuán? - Yào bùyào yīqǐ wǎn'er yoúxì? # Random Words - 我昨天差点儿买ROG Ally - Wǒ zuótiān chādiǎn'er mǎi ROG Ally - I almost bought ROG Ally yesterday - 差点 || chādiǎn'er || almost || Adverb, goes before a verb, to express you almost did something - SUBJ + chādiǎn'er + VERB (+ OBJECT) - 我差点儿买了ROG ALLY, 但我买了SteamDeck - 因为我昨天看了评测,评测说他电量太差了,而且发热很严重 - Yīnwèi wǒ zuótiān kànle píngcè, píngcè shuō tā diànliàng tài chàle, érqiě fārè hěn yánzhòng - Because I read the review yesterday, and the review said that its battery life was too low and it was very hot. - 评测 || píngcè || Review - 电量 || diànliàng || battery - 发热 || fārè || Generated Heat - 严重 || yánzhòng || Serious/Low/Bad - 你实际体验过ROG Ally吗? - Nǐ shíjì tǐyànguò ROG Ally ma? - Have you actually experienced ROG Ally? - 实际 || shíjì || Actually/Literally - 体验 || tǐyàn || To Experience - 你实际体验过生孩子的痛苦吗 - Nǐ shíjì tǐyànguò shēng háizǐ de tòngkǔ ma - 生孩子 || shēng háizǐ || Child Birth - 痛苦 || tòngkǔ || pain - 他不但没有还我钱,反而说我冤枉他 - Tā bùdàn méiyǒu huán wǒ qián, fǎn'ér shuō wǒ yuānwǎng tā - Not only did he not return my money, but he also said that I wronged him. - 作为妻子,他不但没有安慰我,反而责备我 - Zuòwéi qīzǐ, tā bùdàn méiyǒu ānwèi wǒ, fǎn'ér zébèi wǒ - As a wife, instead of comforting me, she blamed me - Subj + **bùdàn** + did something bad, **fǎn'ér** + did something even worse - Subj + **Not Only** + did something bad, **But Also** + did something even worse # Homework - 3 Sentences using "shíjì tǐyànguò" - Nǐ shíjì tǐyànguò xuexi zhenli ma? - Nǐ shíjì tǐyànguò mai xin che ma? - Nǐ shíjì tǐyànguò Jiànzào yi ge diannao ma? - 3 Sentences using "Subj + **bùdàn** + did something bad, **fǎn'ér** + did something even worse" - Tā bùdàn tōuqiè wo de tóuxì jī, fǎn'ér tōuqiè wo de zhànghù - Tā bùdàn bàoyuànle tā de cài, fǎn'ér méiyǒu fù qián - Tā bùdàn bu ting wo shuo, fǎn'ér bòfàng dàshēng de yīnyuè - 3 Sentences using "chādiǎn'er" - xingqiyi wo chādiǎn'er mai yi ge youxi. xingqier, wo maile. - Wo chādiǎn'er chi Yú, dan wo bu xihuan Yú - Wo chādiǎn'er xuixi Déyǔ, dan wo bu xuyao zhidao Déyǔ