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...)