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type: Classes
title: 09/19/2025 - Chinese Class
date: '2025-09-19'
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# Random Words 

帮助不活跃的人
​Bāngzhù bù huóyuè de rén
​Helping the Inactive People



你们会中有很多不活跃的人吗?
​Nǐmen huì zhōng yǒu hěnduō bù huóyuè de rén ma?
​Are there a lot of inactive people in your group?



百分之二十五
​Bǎi fēn zhī èrshíwǔ
​25 percent



这么多人!
​Zhème duō rén!
So many people!



也就是四分之一
​Yě jiùshì sì fēn zhī yī
​That's 1/4th



我们有一个弟兄，是去年受浸的，现在他停止能参加聚会了
Wǒmen yǒu yīgè dìxiōng, shì qùnián shòu jìn de, xiànzài tā tíngzhǐ néng cānjiā jùhuìle
​We have a brother who was baptized last year, and now he has stopped attending meetings.



他的妈妈控制欲很强
​Tā de māmā kòngzhì yù hěn qiáng
​HIs mom's controlling desire is very strong

- kòngzhì yù -> Is a single noun that translates literally to "Controlling Desire"



谁的妈妈控制欲很强，谁就很惨
​Shéi de māmā kòngzhì yù hěn qiáng, shéi jiù hěn cǎn
​Whoever has a very controlling mother will be miserable.
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对话 -> Duìhuà -> Conversation



# 对话

A: 你最近咋样啊？
​A: Nǐ zuìjìn zǎ yàng a?
​A: How are you doing lately?

- 咋样 -> zǎ yàng -> How are you doing? | Very colloquial way/ contraction of saying "Zěnme"

- 你咋啦？-> Nǐ zǎ la? -> Whats the matter?

B: 还行，就是每天看新闻到处都有战争，心里很沉重
​B: Hái xíng, jiùshì měitiān kàn xīnwén dàochù dōu yǒu zhànzhēng, xīnlǐ hěn chénzhòng
​B: Its ok, just every day I see on the news everywhere has war, makes my heart heavy

A: 我也一样，有时候我就在想，世界和平到底能不能实现. 你觉得呢？
​A: Wǒ yě yīyàng, yǒu shíhòu wǒ jiù zài xiǎng, "shìjiè hépíng dàodǐ néng bùnéng shíxiàn?"。 Nǐ juédé ne?
​A: I the same, sometimes I think, "word peace after all, can or can not be achieved?" What do you think?



# Homework

Recite Conversation, Think about how to continue conversation

3 Sentences using "kòngzhì yù hěn qiáng" -> Very Controlling

- wo xiang mai zhege youxi, dan shi wo de qizi kòngzhì yù hěn qiáng

- wo de pengyou xiang xuexi shengjing, danshi ta de baba kòngzhì yù hěn qiáng

- ta xiang mai yi ge Fángzǐ, danshi ta de mama kòngzhì yù hěn qiáng