第一百七十七天

[nnozomi]

语法
V + 不懂, not to understand something
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Potential_complement_%22-bu_dong%22_for_not_understanding

词汇
课, class/course; also 课本, textbook; 课文, text; 上课, go to class; 下课, finish class 课 kè, class/course; also 课本 kè běn, textbook; 课文 kè wén, text; 上课 shàng kè, go to class; 下课 xià kè, finish class
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-1-word-list/

Guardian:
不是怀疑，是看不懂, it's not that I'm suspicious, it's that I don't understand (what I'm seeing).
那我下课之后过来接你, then I'll come and pick you up after my class.
准备去上课吧, let's get ready for class.

Me:
我就算看得懂中文句子，也是听不懂说话的。
他现在在上网球课。

Comments

[presumenothing]

That very last bit strikes odd in a way that's making me wonder if 课 is secretly for more academic type classes – 网球班 sounds more natural imo?

[nnozomi]

if 课 is secretly for more academic type classes – 网球班 sounds more natural imo?
确实算没有网球课本啥的，哈哈。
谢谢！ Fixing my odd Chinese is probably a きりがない situation, but appreciated whenever.

[trobadora]

No V+不懂 in SHL, apparently? Huh. (Lots of 懂不懂 and 你怎么还不懂 though!)

Exactly one instance of 课, Zhou Zishu bringing Wen Kexing and Zhang Chengling to his old home: 这里便是议事厅。 小时候师父就会坐在那儿，考我们的功课。

[nnozomi]

Now I know 功课, that's handy. (Guardian has a zillion 课, of course, thanks to Shen Wei's job...).