第七十七天

[nnozomi]

Unmistakably a 第七天 even to my dubious arithmetic skills.

语法 This week's grammar:
总是, always, with verbs
总是, always, with adjectives
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22always%22_with_%22zongshi%22
还，also, connecting two verbs under one subject
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22and_also%22_with_%22hai%22
刚 + verb, just (as in "it just happened"), also 刚刚
刚, just (happened), again, with the time it happened (~~ ago) added
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22just%22_with_%22gang%22
adjective + 死了 for emphasis (not actually dying).
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Negative_adjectives_with_%22-si_le%22

词汇 This week's vocabulary
北, north (also 北边, north side, and 北京, Beijing)
本, measure word for books, as in 一本书 (also 本子, book (really??) and 课本, textbook)
别, don't (also 别的, other, and 别人, other people)
病, illness (depressing but useful; also 病人, patient; 看病, to see a doctor; 生病, to get sick)
不, no or not ~ (also 不大, not big; 不对, wrong; 不客气, you're welcome; 不用, no need; 对不起, sorry; 是不是, is it?)
菜, a dish, as in a serving of food
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-1-word-list/

玩玩
Post something you like! Songs, questions, new words, etc. etc. Playlist from past days 🎵❤️
Mine: Liu Chang and his friend Wa'er take their four-year-old work!niece to a farm. Chinese hardsubs and just soothingly cute.

事务
Re: pinyin. People have suggested the Zhongwen browser extension (Firefox and Chrome links below) which allows hovering over hanzi characters to see the pinyin. This seems like the best compromise between people who would like to see it and people who would rather not? That said, if you would like to see pinyin here but can't easily deal with this extension for various reasons, comment/message/etc. and we'll see what other options there are.
https://addons.mozilla.org/ja/firefox/addon/zhongwen/
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/zhongwen-chinese-english/kkmlkkjojmombglmlpbpapmhcaljjkde

Re: tags, pinyin issues included. People have kindly volunteered to help deal with tags; let me know what you think the ideal format would be...

Re: other: I think there should probably be a masterpost/masterpage somewhere that covers all the content posted in one big list/table/etc., but I'm not immediately envisioning what it would look like (or whether this can be handled by tagging, etc.). Tell me what would work for you.

周末或者周一愉快！

Comments

[nnozomi]

I tried it! I like the setup in general, although I feel like I need a lot more fine-tuning to get it to give me the right level (especially since my writing is so nonexistently terrible). The general style suits me pretty well, though. 谢谢你推荐！

[yaaurens]

I really like it too, but I have to make sure I have a decent chunk of time/brain power to do a full lesson!