INTERMEDIATE CLASS REVIEW 7

Field Service (F107):

 This week we discussed how to respond to the potential conversation stopper “我不需要”( I don't need it ), which you are going to hear a lot in the Chinese field. We can counter that with “为什么你觉得你不需要呢？” or say “你对这件事有什么感觉？” as a diversion.

New character 件 is a measure word. 一件事情 (a matter)，一件衣服 (a piece of clothing)，etc.

Elementary Chinese (E107):

 This week we discussed the basic sentence structures in Chinese.

1. Subject + verb + object. For instance: 上帝 + 爱 + 世人 。

2. Subject + time + verb + object. For instance: 我们 + 星期四 + 去 + 聚会 。

3. Subject + time + how + verb + object. For instance: 我们 + 星期四 + 走路 + 去 + 聚会 。

The most important point in this lesson is that the time always comes before the verb in Chinese.