第一百四十天

[nnozomi]

Weekly review

语法
softening speech with final 吧
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Softening_speech_with_%22ba%22
的 to connect two nouns (~of, etc.) or modify a noun with an adjective; 得 for verb + adverb; 地 for adverb + verb
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Structural_particle_%22de%22
过 + 了 for an action already complete
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Using_%22guo%22_with_%22le%22
比 for comparisons: X 比 Y ~, X is more ~~ than Y
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Basic_comparisons_with_%22bi%22
从 ~ 到， from X to Y (time or place)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22from%E2%80%A6_to%E2%80%A6%22_with_%22cong%E2%80%A6_dao%E2%80%A6%22
X 没有 Y ~ , X is not as ~ as Y
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Basic_comparisons_with_%22meiyou%22

词汇
贵, noble, also expensive or precious
国, country; also 国家, country; 国外, abroad; 外国, foreign country; 中国, China
过, pass
还, also/still/yet (plus 还是, or/still, and 还有, also)
孩子, child (also 男孩儿, boy; 女孩儿, girl; 小孩儿, (small) child)
汉语, Chinese (language); 汉字, Chinese character
贵 guì, noble, also expensive or precious
国 guó, country; also 国家 guójiā, country; 国外 guó wài, abroad; 外国 wài guó, foreign country; 中国 Zhōngguó, China
过 guò, pass
还 hái, also/still/yet (plus 还是 háishi, or/still, and 还有 hái yǒu, also)
孩子 háizi, child (also 男孩儿 nán háir, boy; 女孩儿 nǚ háir, girl; 小孩儿 xiǎo háir, (small) child)
汉语 hànyǔ, Chinese (language); 汉字 hàn zì, Chinese character
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-1-word-list/

玩玩
A silly discussion elsewhere led me to bird sounds in Chinese and also animal sounds in general...

祝大家很好的周日/周一！

Comments

[donutsweeper]

Thanks for the links to the bird and animals sounds, it's very interesting!

[nnozomi]

Aren't they neat? It's like anything can be onomatopoeia as long as you add the 口 radical ;)

[presumenothing]

今天地铁发生了故障，从家里到公司的时间比平常多了整整半个小时…

今天的深深歌单：来不及勇敢 🎵

[nnozomi]

听着这首歌，在地铁里等等再运作也不那么烦...

[sakana17]

I didn't get as much practice in this week as I wanted, although I'm pleased that I was able to read enough of the Chinese hardsubs in Burning Ice to follow along when the machine-translated English subtitles were complete nonsense. It was a bit more work than I expected from a show with official English subs (*wince*) but it felt good to recognize words & phrases and to understand the on-screen texts that weren't translated at all. Yay for this community helping me! \o/

[nnozomi]

yay for understanding! It's so satisfying when that happens (especially when the state of the English subs makes it a necessity rather than a bonus, oh dear).

[elenothar]

Oooh, animal sounds! This is always such an interesting topic (I already get a lot of mileage out of the differences and/or similarities between German and English).

[nnozomi]

This is always such an interesting topic (I already get a lot of mileage out of the differences and/or similarities between German and English).
Likewise re Japanese! (At least cows say the same thing in Japanese and Chinese...)