Chinese Class Review 11/11/17

Basic Chinese - Date & Time 3

We learned all about week(s) in Chinese.

Basically the word for "week" in Chinese is 星期 or 礼拜. The measure word for week is 个. So one week in Chinese is 一个星期 or 一个礼拜.

Last week in Chinese is 上个星期 or 上个礼拜

This week in Chinese is 这个星期 or 这个礼拜

Next week in Chinese is 下个星期 or 下个礼拜

Last week Monday is 上个星期一 or 上个礼拜一

This week Thursday is 这个星期四 or 这个礼拜四

Next week Friday is 下个星期五 or 下个礼拜五

I totally forgot that at the beginning of the class I gave everyone a bunch of handouts. One of them is The Ultimate Cheat Sheet of Chinese Time Words. Please refer to it for more detailed explanations.

I met a lot of Chinese learners who have trouble with 上 and 下 because they sound like each other. It is very important to get them right because their meaning is completely opposite to each other.

Basic Chinese - Date & Time 4

We learned all about year(s) in Chinese.

The word for "year" in Chinese is 年(Nián). There's no measure word for year. One year is 一年(Yīnián), two years is 两年(Liăngnián).

The year 1914 is 一九一四年(Yī Jĭu Yī Sì Nián) in Chinese. You have to say each digit individually.

B.C is 公元前(Gōngyuánqián); A.D is 公元(Gōngyuá). For instance, 888 A.D is 公元八八八年(Gōngyuán Bābābā Nián).

B.C.E is 纪元前(Jĭyuánqián); C.E is 纪元(Jĭyuán). For instance, 607 B.C.E is 纪元前六零七年(Jĭyuánqián Lìulíngqī Nián).

To ask someone "how old are you?" you can say 你几岁(Nĭjĭsuì)？or 你几岁了(Nĭjĭsuì Lė)？To answer that question, simply replace the character 几 with a number, such as 我43岁 or 我43岁了.

We use the character 几(Jĭ) or 多少(Dōushăo) to ask "how many" or "how much" in Chinese. The difference between the two is that we use 几 when we expect the answer to be just a few and we use 多少 when we expect the answer to be a lot.

Your homework this week is:

1. Tell everyone when did you get baptized. You can just say the year. Extra points if you tell us which month and day also.

2. Tell everyone your meeting times. You can just say the midweek meeting or the weekend meeting. Extra points if you tell us both.

3. How would you ask "what month is it now"?

JW Language - Offering to Return

We practiced some phrases and expressions in the lesson Offering to Return.

JW Language - Public Witnessing

We practiced some phrases and expressions in the lesson Public Witnessing.

We also did a simple sentence structure. It's Subject + Verb + Object. Please watch the video below for more detailed explanations.

Your homework this week is to modify the following sentences (you're supposed to write down your answer as well as recording the in WeChat):

1. 我看书

2. 我唱歌

3. 我说话

4. 我跳舞

5. 我写字