NCS CSL 4

Hi All,  菜 cài dish (type of food) / vegetable / cuisine.  Remember -  cài,  cài,  cài,  cài,  cài !☝ Words of the Week :   🌞 &  ❄ 热 rè hot   冷 lěng cold Wǒ hěn rè    I am very hot Wǒ hěn lěng I am very cold 大家 dà jiā everyone  翻 fān to turn over / to flip over 到 dào to (a place) / until (a time) / up to / to go / to arrive  第  dì(prefix indicating ordinal number, e.g. first, number two etc)  页 yè page / leaf 请大家翻到第3页  Qǐng dàjiā fān dào dì 3 yè      Please turn to page 3 刚刚 gāng gang just recently / just a moment ago 刚才 gāng cái just now / a moment ago 昨天 zuó tiān yesterday 今天 jīn tiān today / at the present / now 明天 míng tiān tomorrow 现在 xiàn zài now / at present  几点 jǐ diǎn what time? / when? 请问现在几点    Qǐngwèn xiànzài jǐ diǎn   What time is it now? 早上 zǎo shang morning / CL:個|个[ge4] 中午 zhōn...

 Hi All,  I was glad to see everyone coming back to our second class this morning!🙋 Word of the Week :   猪 zhū hog / pig / swine / CL:,头[tou2] 这是一头很可爱的猪   Zhè shì yītóu hěn kě'ài de zhū -  This is a very cute pig Other count words for Pigs besides  头   tóu :  一只猪  Yī zhǐ zhū    or  一条猪    Yī tiáo zhū 猪肉 zhū ròu pork 鸡肉 jī ròu chicken meat 牛肉 niú ròu beef 羊肉 yáng ròu mutton / goat meat / lamb 早上 zǎo shang morning / CL:個|个[ge4] 中午 zhōng wǔ noon / midday / CL:個|个[ge4] 下午 xià wǔ afternoon / CL:個|个[ge4] / p.m. 晚上 wǎn shang evening / night / CL:個|个[ge4] / in the evening 平常 píng cháng ordinary / common / usually / ordinarily - Similar to 一般 yī bān 唱歌 chàng gē to sing a song 跳舞 tiào wǔ to dance 钢琴 gāng qín piano 弹           tán to pluck (a string) / to play (an instrument) 弹钢琴      tán gāng qín Focus of the We...

Hi All,  It was so nice to have our first class this morning!😀 Word of the Week : 狗 gǒu dog / CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]   ( Google translate ) Here are some notes and resources from today's class: Resources: https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary  - I really like MDBG. It's a great dictionary, plus you can see pinyin & stoke order and listen to pronunciation https://translate.google.com/  - It gives you pinyin & pronunciation and can translate an entire sentence by voice!  https://www.yellowbridge.com/chinese/dictionary.php  - This is another dictionary which provides clear and concise sample sentences Vocabulary from today's lesson : 自我介绍 zì wǒ jiè shào self-introduction / to introduce oneself 自己 zì jǐ oneself / one's own 介绍 jiè shào to introduce (sb to sb) / to give a presentation / to present (sb for a job etc) / introduction 对不对 duì bù duì right or wrong? / Is it right? / OK, yes? (colloquial) 会不会 huì bù huì (p...