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| type | title | date |
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| Classes | 10/06/2025 - Chinese Class | 2025-10-06 |
Random Words
Wo de laobao shi AuDaLiYa ren My boss is Australian
wo hen xihuan ni de xin faxing, hen haokan, hen shihe ni I really like your new haircut, very good looking, fits you very well.
Using de for more detail
wo zu de pengyou de fangzi I rented a friends house - zu1 -> To Rent
Notice the de after the verb, zu. It can be put after a verb to describe/indicate the detail of an action.
Example
Ni chifanle ma? Have you eaten?
Chile. I did.
Ni chi de shenme? You ate what?
Wo Chi de miantiao I Ate Noodles
According to this example, and the above one, you throw de after the verb, and then add in all the additional context.
Conversation Continued
A: 你最近咋样啊？ A: Nǐ zuìjìn zǎ yàng a? A: How are you doing lately?
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咋样 -> zǎ yàng -> How are you doing? | Very colloquial way/ contraction of saying "Zěnme"
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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?
B: 我不知道 B: Wǒ bù zhīdào B: I don’t know
A: 我相信是可能的，但肯定不简单，和平不会突然来领，这需要我们每个人的努力 A: Wǒ xiāngxìn shì kěnéng de, dàn kěndìng bù jiǎndān, hépíng bù huì túrán lái lǐng, zhè xūyào wǒmen měi gèrén de nǔlì
A: I believe it is possible, but it is definitely not easy. Peace will not come suddenly. It requires the efforts of each of us.
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xiāngxìn -> believe
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kěnéng -> Possible
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kěndìng -> Definitely
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jiǎndān -> easy
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hépíng -> Peace
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túrán -> Suddenly
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měi gèrén -> every person/ each of us
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nǔlì -> Effort
B: Shuoqilai rongyi, zuoqilai nan. B: Eaiser said then done.
- Its a chengyu, common in English as well.
A: Dique, dui ren lai shuo hen nan, dan dui shangdi lai shuo, ni juede hai name nan ma? A: Indeed, it is difficult for man, but if God says it, do you think its difficult?
B: 我不知道
A: 我想给你看一句话： A:Wǒ xiǎng gěi nǐ kàn yījù huà: A: I want to show you something
Show Luke 18:27
Homework
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2 Conversations using de for more detail
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question using le, then response, then another question using de
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昨晚，你去了购物吗？ Zuówan, nǐ qù gòuwù le ma? 去了 Qùle 买的什么？ mǎi de shénme? 买的食物，零食，和游戏。 Mǎi de shíwù, língshí, hé yóuxì.
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上个月，你出国路由了吗？ Shàng gè yuè, nǐ chūguó lǚyóule ma?
路由了。 Lùyóule.
路由的哪里 qù de nǎlǐ?
路由的美国。 qù de měiguó.
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