第六十七天

[nnozomi]

语法
在 plus verb, -ing, being in the process of an action
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_actions_in_progress_with_%22zai%22

ETA: I have just realized we did this one before, on account of HSK1/A2 overlap. 不好意思啊. Oh well, call it review.

词汇
帮, help （also 帮忙, and (not on list) 帮助)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-1-word-list/

Guardian:
喂，汪徵。帮我记一下啊，林静这个月的奖金...hello, Wang Zheng? Help me remember about Lin Jing's bonus this month... (sorry, Lin Jing)
你到底有没有在听我的话？are you listening to me or not?
我在等. I'm waiting.

My practice:
今天的天气太不好，我在看窗户的雨滴。
请你帮我个忙，因为我太矮了所以我不能换这个灯泡... (wow, "lamp bubble" for lightbulb, that's adorable. Why not 电球？）
别跟他聊天了，他正在努力努力工作。

Comments

[trobadora]

Haha, it's funny when that happens! You can use a word all your life and never really think about what it literally means ... :D

[elenothar]

Hmm, I think it's less that I've never thought about it and more that the meaning is divorced in my head during actual usage? It's like Windows computers. I know that windows means Fenster and I've definitely thought 'hey weird, why did they name it that' in the past, but generally when I'm thinking about computer Windows then the meaning doesn't connect to the Fenster meaning; it's just a name.

... I'm not sure I'm explaining it very well 😅

[trobadora]

No, you're explaining it just fine, I know exactly what you mean!