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部首
儿 part 1 (ér, child)
儿, child/son; 允, permit; 元, fundamental/original pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=10

语法
Chapter 17: Complements of completion
https://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/9781138651142/quizzes.php

词汇
输, to lose (a game); 输入, import/input; 运输, transport pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
和儿子拥抱的感觉如何, how did it feel to hug your son?
我修好了, I fixed it
还真不知道是谁输谁赢呢, I really wouldn’t know who lost and who won.

Me:
我总算学会了这颗语法。
用这台电脑输入拼音真的麻烦。
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人 part 24
俄, Russia/suddenly; 俊, smart/talented (used in names); 俗, common/vulgar pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=9

语法
Chapter 12 quiz: "can" words
https://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/9781138651142/quizzes.php

词汇
市场, market; 城市, city pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
就是俗称的妄想症, what is commonly called delusions
我们可以不说话, we can also not talk
有的去别的城市工作了, some have found work in other cities

Me:
这是俗话说一筹莫展。
他因为是商家所以很关心市场的移动。
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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。
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语法
Words for "around" in various senses: 左右, 前后, 上下
https://mandarinbean.com/zuoyou-vs-qianhou-vs-shangxia/

词汇
会议, meeting; 会员, member(ship); 社会, society; 体会, experience; 演唱会, concert ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
身高大概一米八左右, height of about 180cm
如果一个人在感染前后都是一个熊样,那是不是就说明他光荣正确伟大,没有任何的缺陷? if a person is the same before and after the contagion, does that mean he's upright and laudable with no faults?
否则社会秩序会立即崩溃的, otherwise the social order would immediately collapse

Me:
我三点左右到那里,你能不能在火车站接给我?
这个会议太长了吧,无聊死我了。
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语法
会 (learned ability) vs 能 (capacity)
https://mandarinbean.com/hui-vs-neng/
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_a_learned_skill_with_%22hui%22
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Comparing_%22hui,%22_%22neng,%22_%22keyi%22

词汇
场合, occasion; 场所, place; 剧场, theater; 全场, the whole audience; 市场, market; 现场, scene (as in "of the crime") ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
除非你会那个什么消除记忆,把我的记忆给消除了, if you can erase memories, then erase mine
我能做的沈巍应该都做了, Shen Wei must have done everything I can do
全殿一应场所全数关闭直到明日大会结束, everywhere in the palace is closed until after tomorrow's ceremony

Me:
我不会说火星语,我嗓子不能做那样声音。
这不是应该说这些事情的场合吧。
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语法
差点(儿)没 + V, “X almost happened” (but didn’t happen, where X is a bad thing) (bottom of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22almost%22_using_%22chadian_mei%22
(This one reminds me a little of the well-meaning English expression “I miss not seeing you.”)

词汇
会, meeting/gathering; 不一会儿, soon; 机会, opportunity; 那会儿, at that time; 晚会, evening party; 一会儿, in a moment; 音乐会, concert pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
[still no 差点没]
[no 会 of this specific kind either?]

Me:
我差点没烧焦了饭。
我不喜欢会议。
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语法
会 vs 能 vs 可以 for "can," theoretically review, let's see if it gets more or less confusing...
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Comparing_%22hui,%22_%22neng,%22_%22keyi%22

词汇
个子, height (I wonder why not 身高?) pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
这个东西我不会用, I'm not capable of using this thing
你能不能动一动脑子, can you use your brain a little tiny bit
十万字!可不可以少一点? 100,000 characters! Is it okay if I make it shorter?

Me:
我不会懂这个会,能,可以的区别。
我的个子太小,那些柜子上的书拿不了。
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语法
Double negation: 不是 before a negative noun/adjective, 不能/不会 before a negative verb, "don't not" (I don't know why they didn't separate these two out) (top of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22double_negation%22

词汇
带, belt (noun); bring (verb); 带来, bring pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
而且我这辈子都不会不接你的电话的, and in all my life I will never not answer a phone call from you
咱也不能不管, I can't not be involved
孩子想见你一面怎么了,我就把他带来了, the kid wanted to see you, so I brought him

Me:
一看巧克力蛋糕,就不能不吃。
你给我带来我的马克杯,我在那里把它放在。
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语法
能...吗? "how could (subject) not...", 怎么会...? "how is this possible," 谁让你... "whose good idea was it for you to...", mostly on the sarcastic side
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Simple_rhetorical_questions

词汇
重复, repeat; 重新, again pinyin )
重 as in chóng "repeat" here (see also 重启) as opposed to zhóng "important/heavy"
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
我怎么会知道啊, how am I supposed to know?
谁让你无心工作整天, so whose fault is it that your heart isn't in your work all day?
我再重复一遍我刚才说的话, I'm gonna repeat one more time what I just said

Me:
冬天下雨的一天,我能不吃栗子吗。
请你重新说一遍,我听不懂。
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语法
Compound direction complements: V + direction verb + 来/去 (bottom of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Direction_complement

词汇
不一会儿, in a little while; in no time (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
滚出去, get the fuck out (sorry, I couldn't resist)
我刚刚搬过来的, I just moved here
这个人看上去最多二十岁, this person looks twenty at the outside
[sadly no 不一会儿]

Me:
我试试把猫咪抚摸,但是它跑出去了。
你等等,我不一会儿回来。
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(很多评论真谢谢,回复之后,抱歉啊)

语法
会 + verb for future (as opposed to 会 for “can”)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22will%22_with_%22hui%22
(I think this is review too, but it can’t hurt)

词汇
话, word(s); also 电话, telephone, and 说话, talk pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-1-word-list/

Guardian:
猫说话了! the cat spoke!
我们可以不说话, we could (just) not talk
我会给你足够的时间处理好你的事情, I will give you enough time to take care of your business

Me:
她下周为了出差会去一趟东京。
在这里,无论在家里或者在公司,大家都说大阪话。
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会, be going to

https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22will%22_with_%22hui%22

(now that we've had a chance to recover from 会,be able to...)

Guardian:
不行,赵云澜他不会同意的 (That's no good, Zhao Yunlan will not agree.)
我就知道你会这么说的 (I knew you would say that)
我杀敌的时候会害怕。(I'm going to be afraid when I kill the enemy [I think this is a common usage that feels unintuitive to me, using 会=future where English would use the habitual present tense, I'm afraid when I... . Corrections please as needed.)

My practice:
我困得不行,我会一秒之后睡觉。(so sleepy I had to edit this phrase to get it to make any sense, in fact)
他已经请假了,明天不会上班。

(Also don't miss the 的得地 quiz with Zhao Yunlan in the previous post!)
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Continuing with the 能,会,可以 theme, today is 会 for being able to do something as a learned skill. Please see the two previous posts for more detail on this thanks to wonderful commenters!

https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_a_learned_skill_with_%22hui%22

Guardian:
ZYL:黑老哥,还演呢。除非你会那个什么消除记忆,把我的记忆消除了。
SW:你怎么知道我不会呢?
(Zhao Yunlan: Hei lao-ge, still pretending. Unless you can erase memories, erase mine. Shen Wei: How do you know I can't? [thereby answering my question about whether Shen Wei's powers use 能 or 会...])

My practice:
我不会写汉字(我写的汉字好像小学生的)。
林楠笙会说日语。(good grief, why does my computer know the 汉子 for Lin Nansheng)
学习中文不容易,但如果继续好好努力我们会的!

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