第一百五十四天

[nnozomi]

Weekly review
语法
应该 + verb, should ~ (or 不应该 for should not likewise)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22should%22_with_%22yinggai%22
会 + verb for future (as opposed to 会 for “can”)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22will%22_with_%22hui%22
想 + verb, want/would like to ~
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22would_like_to%22_with_%22xiang%22
Multiple verbs/actions in a row.
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Actions_in_a_row
难 + verb to mean "hard to ~"
难 + sense verb to mean “unpleasant to ~”
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22difficult%22_with_%22nan%22

词汇
花, flower
话, word(s); also 电话, telephone, and 说话, talk
坏, bad
还, to return something
回, to go back/return (intransitive); also 回答, answer; 回到, return to; 回家, go home; 回来, come back; 回去, go back
火车, train
花 huā, flower
话 huà, word(s); also 电话 diàn huà, telephone, and 说话 shuōhuà, talk
坏 huài, bad
还 huán, to return something
回 huí, to go back/return (intransitive); also 回答 huídá, answer; 回到 huí dào, return to; 回家 huí jiā, go home; 回来 huí lái, come back; 回去 huí qù, go back
火车 huǒ chē, train
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-1-word-list/

玩玩
Just a handful of food-related silliness from me today. The word for turkey is apparently 火鸡, which brings to mind for me that famous Stravinsky suite “The Turkey” (okay, I guess it’s “fire chicken” rather than “fire bird,” but still). Mashed potatoes are 土豆泥, potato mud. Also my friend a-Pei likes to bake bread in her spare time, and was complaining to me that her current dough wasn’t working very well. I said 加油！ without thinking, and then had to add “no no don’t take that literally it won’t work for the dough. “Oh,” she said, “我其实要加黄油...”

大家也这个周（末）好好努力好好休息，加油！

Comments

[trobadora]

“Oh,” she said, “我其实要加黄油...”

Hee! Also, 黄油 was new to me, thank you for an easy-to-remember new word. *g*

[nnozomi]

Also, 黄油 was new to me, thank you for an easy-to-remember new word. *g*
It is, isn't it? I get all the 油 and 奶 food words confused sometimes...

[scytale]

The food silliness is great. :D

For my 第七天 offering, I found an artist who does pictures of storefronts, thanks to Tumblr:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ9uwxmp6Fj/ 那家面包店 (the comment thread is fun, too, one of the commenters suggests 这家面包店 for the next name)

(She has others on her page as well, and a mix of languages).

[nnozomi]

I found an artist who does pictures of storefronts
Ooh, those are lovely! I like the kind of fairy-tale realism. Reminds me a little of Yamaguchi Akira, one of my favorite modern artists.

[elenothar]

Brb, giggling about the Stravinsky fire chicken now XD

I continue to lose track of which music I've already recced, but have a duet by Angela Chan and Wang Xi that really works for me despite me not usually liking either rap elements or Angela Chan's quite piercing voice: 黎明前的黑暗

[nnozomi]

Brb, giggling about the Stravinsky fire chicken now XD
嘻嘻嘻, I couldn't resist.

a duet by Angela Chan and Wang Xi that really works for me
Oh, that is nice! I wonder if it's the very steady, grounding but not aggressive base rhythm.

[elenothar]

That could be it - they do complement quite nicely. And I like Wang Xi's voice a lot.

[nnozomi]

And I like Wang Xi's voice a lot.
It's really a nice sound.