三人行，必有我师(焉)

部首
人 part 12
伙, companion; 会, can/will/meeting; 伞, umbrella ( ”pinyin” )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=9
I always find it helpful that the third-tone marker on 伞 looks like a little bowl catching the rain...

语法
Chapter 6 quiz: Preposition words (although their idea of prepositions overlaps with my idea of verbs)
https://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/9781138651142/quizzes.php

词汇
升/上升, rise (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
只有我才是你的伙伴, you only need me as a partner.
这些话还真不像是从您嘴里说出来的, these things don't seem like they came from your mouth
日头就东升西落, the sun rises in the east and sets in the west

Me:
你带伞了吗，快要下雨了吧。
我跟朋友出去参加一个小节。

语法
Two versions of "and/with": 跟 and 和
https://mandarinbean.com/gen-vs-he/
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22with%22_with_%22gen%22
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22and%22_with_%22he%22

词汇
方式, mode; 对方, other party; 另一方面, on the other hand; 双方, both sides; 一方面, on the one hand ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
跟我们回去吧, come back with us
他和他笔下的这个怪物是同一个人, he and the monster he created were the same person
我相信你有自己的处理方式, I believe you have your own way of dealing with it

Me:
我昨天跟朋友聊了两个小时。
你可以交给我他的联系方式吗？

语法
S1 + 跟 + S2 + (不)一样 (+ Adj) "X is (not) the same as Y," "X is (not) as ~ as Y" (lower middle)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Comparing_%22gen%22_and_%22dui%22

词汇
颜色, color (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
特调处跟以前不一样了, the SID is no longer the same as it was
你以为都跟你一样闲, did you think we had as much free time as you do?
你自己身上能量的颜色是黑色的, the color of your own power is black

Me:
那个柜子我用不着，我不跟你一样高。
可以用你自己喜欢的颜色。

语法
Person X + 跟/对 + Person Y + 说 "X said to Y" (top of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Comparing_%22gen%22_and_%22dui%22

词汇
学期, term/semester; 教学, teach; 开学, term begins; 科学, science; 留学生, student studying abroad; 中小学, elementary and middle school ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
我从没想过你今天会跟我说出这样一番话, I never thought you'd say the kind of thing to me you have today
我想对你说感谢你这些日子一直协助我, I wanted to thank you for your cooperation over the last few days
我这个学期有很多课时, I'm teaching a lot of class hours this semester.

Me:
我跟你说，你不要相信他说的话。
这个大学的学期很短，快要期末考试了。

语法
跟 X 比（起来), "compared with X..."
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22compared_with%22_using_%22gen%22

词汇
冬天, winter (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
所有的烦恼跟这么大的世界相比又算什么呢 what do all the troubles matter compared with this big world
龙城的冬天都都零下好几度了, winter in Dragon City is quite a few degrees below zero

Me:
跟欧洲比起来，日本打棒球打得很擅长。
在你老家，冬天下不下雪？

语法
跟 ~, with: difference from 和 (bottom of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22with%22_with_%22gen%22

词汇
第, counter word for ordinal numbers (第一，first; 第二, second and so on)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-1-word-list/

Guardian:
第一，把这些东西给我收拾干净了。第二，回家！ (Zhao Yunlan likes his bullet points)
这是第一次啊, this is the first time
死猫，你和林静留下。你们俩跟我进去 (跟 vs 和)

My practice:
那家玻璃商店很有意思，我想下次你跟我去看看。
第一次就好笑是好笑，不过第二次，第三次以后不是。