Classes on 12/23/17

9:00 AM

Basic Chinese - Pinyin Review

Instructor: Larry Wong

We are going to review some of the harder Pinyin.

9:30 AM Break

9:40 AM
JW Language - Review 1
Instructor: Larry Wong

We are going to review some phrases and expressions of a basic presentations.

10:10 AM Break

10:20 AM
Basic Chinese - Sentence structure
Instructor: Larry Wong

We are going to review basic Chinese sentence structure and simple questions.

10:50 AM Break

11:00 AM
JW Language - Review 2
Instructor: Larry Wong

We are going to review some phrases and expressions used in meetings.

Chinese Class Review 12/16/17

JW Language - Meetings 3

We learned phrases and expressions about our meetings. Here are some highlights.

1. Under the section of Public Talk:

Sentence 2: The public talk lasts thirty minutes. The proper Chinese translation should be 公众演讲长30分钟。

2. Under the section of speaker:

Sentence: Today's speaker is visiting from a nearby congregation. Please note that the translation here is 今天的讲者是邻近会众的弟兄。I thought this is an excellent translation before it eliminates the potential mistake of using 从. You can simply substitute 邻近 with the real name of the congregation where the visiting speaker is from.

JW Language - Introducing Songs & Prayers

We learned phrases and expressions about songs and prayers. Here are some highlights.

1. 诗歌 in English is more like ode, songs used in religious gatherings. For songs you listen to on the radio it's just 歌. Music is 音乐(Yīn Yùe). To ask someone what kind of songs / music do you listen to? you can say 你喜欢听什么歌 / 音乐？(Nĭ Xĭhuān Tīng Shĕnme Gē / Yīnyùe nē?)

2. Opening = 开始的；Closing = 结束的.

3. New sentence structure: 先 ...... 然后 ...... (First ...., then... ). Example: 我们先吃饭，然后吃冰淇淋 (We have our meals first, then we can have deserts).

JW Language - Conducting Meetings for Field Service

We learned phrases and expressions about meetings for field service. Here are some highlights.

1. Partner = 同伴.

2. Territory map(s) = 传道地区 or simply 地区.

3. We also covered some points from the brochure Chinese Cultural Guide.

JW Language - Giving Encouragement & Commendation

We learned phrases and expressions that we can use to encourage and commend one another. Here are some highlights.

Classes on 12/16/17

9:00 AM

JW Language - Meetings 3

Instructor: Larry Wong

We are going to continue learning some important words and phrases with regard to our meetings.

9:30 AM Break

9:40 AM
JW Language - Conducting Meetings for Field Service
Instructor: Gary Ishisaka , Ann Chiang

We are going to cover some of the things we say during meetings for field service.

10:10 AM Break

10:20 AM
JW Language - Introducing Songs & Prayers
Instructor: Larry Wong

We are going to learn how to introduce songs and prayers in Chinese.

10:50 AM Break

11:00 AM
JW Language - Giving Encouragement & Commendation
Instructor: Gary Ishisaka, Ann Chiang

We are going to cover more on how to encourage one another in Chinese, especially during our meetings.

Chinese Class Review 12/9/17

JW Language - Meetings 1 & 2

We learned phrases and expressions about our meetings. Here are some highlights.

Sentence number 8 我們每週兩次聚會。We can also say 我們每个星期兩次聚會 or 我們每个礼拜兩次聚會。。

Sentence number 9 参加聚会. Is there a difference between 参加聚会 and 去聚会？

Sentences 10 to 19. Differences between 经常 (always)，有时 (sometimes)，定期 (regularly)，不再 (no longer)，过去 (used to)，以前 (in the past), 一般 (usually), 从没 (never), 计划 (plan to), 可能 (might/possibly).

Sentence 18 他計劃這星期天參加聚會。(This is wrong. It should be 他打算這星期天參加聚會).

Sentence 25 我最好的朋友昨天缺席聚會。(Actually we usually say 没有来 instead of 缺席)

JW Language - Useful Words & Phrases for Meetings 1 & 2

We learned phrases and expressions about what we might say or hear during the meetings. Here are some highlights.

Sentence 2. 弟兄 is only used in the congregation. In everyday conversation we use兄弟 instead. For
instance, to ask someone “Do you have any siblings?” is “你有没有兄弟姐妹？”

Sentence 5 to 7 are pretty much different ways to say the same thing.

Sentence 10 you can also say 大家请坐.大家 = Everyone/everybody.

We also learned the sentence structure with the word 让 (Let's...)

Classes on 12/9/17

9:00 AM

JW Language - Meetings 1

Instructor: Larry Wong

We are going to cover some important words and phrases with regard to our meetings.

9:30 AM Break

9:40 AM
JW Language - Useful Words & Phrases for Meetings 1
Instructor: Gary Ishisaka , Ann Chiang

We are going to cover some of the things we can say in the meetings.

10:10 AM Break

10:20 AM
JW Language - Meetings 2
Instructor: Larry Wong

We are going to continue discuss how to make our meetings better.

10:50 AM Break

11:00 AM
JW Language - Useful Words & Phrases for Meetings 2
Instructor: Gary Ishisaka, Ann Chiang

We are going to cover how to encourage one another in Chinese, especially during our meetings.

Chinese Class Review 12/2/17

Basic Chinese - Viewpoint Questions 1 & 2

We went into detail on the lesson Asking Questions in JW Language app. We are interested in "What do you think" in particular. Usually we say 你认为 or 你觉得. Although the character 想 can mean "think", we hardly use it in "What do you think". Instead it usually means "want" or "would like to" as in 我想吃冰淇淋(I want to eat ice-cream).

We also learned a new question word that is almost always at the end of a viewpoint question: 呢.

JW Language - Personal Pronoun

We reviewed a little bit about personal pronouns in Chinese: 我，你，您，他，她，它，牠，祂. We also learned my/mine, your/yours, his, her, and its. We simply need to add 的 to the Chinese personal pronouns above. For instance, my/mine is 我的; his is 他的.

JW Language - Actions

We learned about different sentence structures when it comes to describing everyday actions.