第三年第二十二天

[nnozomi]

语法
朝/向/往 + direction + V "toward X" (part a)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Comparing_%22chao%22_%22xiang%22_and_%22wang%22

词汇
样子, look/appearance; 那样, like that; 什么样, what kind of; 同样, same; 怎(么)样, how/how about; 这样, like this 样子 yàngzi, look/appearance; 那样 nàyàng, like that; 什么样 shénmeyàng, what kind of; 同样 tóngyàng, same; 怎(么)样 zěn(me)yàng, how/how about; 这样 zhèyàng, like this
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
那时候我一转身，看见她朝我看，然后我就晕了, I turned around, saw her looking at me, and then I fainted
老师说带我们往西北方向走, the professor said he's taking us to the northwest.
看他的样子，他是不是失恋啊？ from the way he looks, do you think he's been disappointed in love?

Me:
别看朝我，我也不知道答案。
我很担心他的样子，看起来非常累。

Comments

[nnozomi]

Oh, that makes sense! That's a good point--I'll try keeping it in mind. (You'd think I would be able to cope with that after the tangle of Japanese verbs that mean "do something for someone else" "have someone else do something for you" "be done something for" and so on, Chinese really is much more straightforward this way!)

[trobadora]

Yeah, Chinese is pretty straightforward most of the time, isn't it?

[nnozomi]

Sometimes too straightforward, you know? like "give me a complicated rule about conjugations that explains this, not just 'oh if you put these two characters together it suddenly means X'!" ;)

[trobadora]

Haha, I'm really fond of that actually, even though it doesn't necessarily make things easier! *g*

[nnozomi]

Fair enough :) It depends on what flavor of grammar I'm in the mood for!