Lesson 18.1
Talking about your younger siblings
Lesson summary and vocabulary listen
Talking about your young sister/ brother with a friend
- Introducing the continuous tense
- Use of 的
- Either ….. or (不是….. 就是…..)
- 得来 ….. , 不来……( can….. or cannot
男nán 孩hái boy
女nǚ 孩hái girl
正zhèng 在zài continuous aspect
正zhèng
在zài
Can go with 呢in the end of the sentence
刚gāng just now
多duō 久jiŭ how long (time)
跟gēn with
挺tǐng quite
谈tán 得dé 来lái to be able to get along with
谈tán talk
不bú 见jiàn disappear
晓xiăo 得dé to know (something)
八bā 成chéng 80%
玩wán to play
电diàn 脑năo computer
没méi 在zài not doing something
听tīng to listen
音yīn 乐yuè music
不bú 是shì ……就jiù 是shì
if not…..then/ either ….or
开kāi to start
电diàn 视shì TV
吵chăo noisy
Lesson 18.2
Your music is too loud!
Lesson summary and vocabulary listen
Complaining to your friend about playing her music too loud
- Use of 才to defend oneself
- Otherwise
- Frequency adverbs
刚gāng 才cái just now
刚gāng just now
难nán 怪guài no wonder
没méi haven’t
听tīng 到dào heard
总zǒng 是shì always
大dà 声shēng loud
哪nă 有yǒu
才cái (idiomatic) used to defend self
老lăo 是shì always (negative feel)
才cái …..only then
吵chăo to argue
不bù 然rán otherwise
房fáng 东dōng landlord
会huì will
小xiăo 声shēng quiet
点diăn a bit
常cháng 常cháng often
找zhăo 麻má 烦fán to look for faults
提tí 醒xǐng to remind
不bú 要yào don’t/ imperative
Lesson 18.3
A forgotten appointment
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
Asking a friend why he forgot about the appointment last night
- …..得到， ….. 不到
- Have done something for how long
- Past continuous
讲jiăng 电diàn 话huà to speak on the phone
打dă 不bú 进jìn 去qù can’t get through
占zhàn 线xiàn 中zhōng engaged/ busy
聊liáo 天tiān to chat
等děng 不bú 到dào
忘wàng to forget
约yuē to make an appointment/ a date
约yuē 好hăo to have an agreement
不bù 久jiŭ not long
才cái as little as
Audio Review
The help you consolidate what you have learned in the first unit, we have put together a quick audio review recording. The audio review will help you with your listening comprehension and remind you of some Chinese sentence patterns and vocabulary.