---
type: Classes
title: 12.26.24 - Chinese Class
date: '2024-12-26'
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# Homework

2x Sentences using "huó guòláile"

2x Sentences using "zhōngyú"



- Sān tiān yǐhòu, yēsū huó guòláile

- Gōngzuòle Yīzhōu, xiūxíle yīgè yuè yǐhòu, wǒ huó guòláile



- Tā zhōngyú huífùle wǒ de xiāoxī

- Guàiwù lièrén huāngyě zhōngyú chūle!

# Words

- 我非常紧

    - ​Wǒ fēicháng jǐnzhāng

        - I'm very nervous

- **5 people have gone missing, pray for them**

- 我快要吓死了

    - Wǒ kuàiyào xià sǐle

        - I'm scared to death

        - kuàiyào - Going to be

        - xià - To be scared

- 我可怜的老弟兄，不要怕，由父亲保护你

    - Wǒ kělián de lǎo dìxiōng, bùyào pà, yóu fùqīn bǎohù nǐ

        - My poor old brother, do not be afraid, your Father will protect you

# xìalai - to come down 

#### Can be used as verb by itself. 

- 快下来

    - Kuài xiàlái

        - Come down quickly

#### Used as a Verb Compliment 

We use xiàlái as a verb compliment, but not as a directional compliement. After a verb, in spoken Chinese, it just means you did something from the very beginning to the very end.

- 看/听/读/做 + 下来

    - Kàn/tīng/dú/zuò + xiàlái

    - See/Hear/Read/Do something from the beginning to the end.

Note: **chǎng** is the special measure words for performances

- 一场电影看下来，我很感动

    - Yī chǎng diànyǐng kàn xiàlái, wǒ hěn gǎndòng

        - After watching the movie (from the beginning, to the end), I was moved

- 一场电影看下来，我很类

    - Yī chǎng diànyǐng kàn xiàlái, wǒ hěn lèi

        - After watching the movie (from the beginning, to the end), I was tired

- 一场演唱会听下来，我很兴奋

    - Yī chǎng yǎnchàng huì tíng xiàlái, wǒ hěn xīngfèn

        - After listening to a concert, I was very excited

- 一本书读下来以后，我学到了很多

    - Yī běn shū dú xiàlái yǐhòu, wǒ xué dàole hěnduō

        - I learned a lot after reading this book.

- 圣经读下来以后，我学到了很多

    - Shèngjīng dú xiàlái yǐhòu, wǒ xué dàole hěnduō

        - I learned a lot from reading the Bible

- 这件事儿做下来真不容易

    - Zhè jiàn shì‘er zuò xiàlái zhēn bù róngyì

        - This is not easy to do (from the beginning to the end).

# Homework

2 sentences for each verb in structure (8 total)