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Thanks.  How long are our lessons supposed to be?  Last time was fun but I want to make sure we don't go over the time limit if you have other students to get to.

看上去 kan4 shang4 qu4

Today I asked you how to say that something looks good (or other adjective).  You told me a word that means "looks like" but I forgot to write it down.  I know that you can say "ta1 kan4 qi3lai hao3kan".  But you used another phrase, what was it?

ta1 mei2 qu4 xue2xiao4?

ta1 bu4 qu4 xue2xiao4 He won't go to school

mei2 is used for past tense and bu4 is used for present and future tense,there is a "Qinwen" lesson about the difference between mei2 and bu4, you can listen to it if you like.

If I want to say "He didn't go to school", which sentence should I say?: 

Ta1 mei2 qu4 xue2xiao4?

or

Ta1 bu4 qu4 xue2xiao4 le?

if-ru2 guo3, if have time, I will call you.---ru2 guo3 wo3 you3 shi2jian1,wo3 gei3 ni3 da3dian4hua4.

In the colleges, I studied engineering.----zai4 da4xue2,wo3 xue3 le gong1cheng2xue2(engineering course)

were we supposed to have a lesson today?

yes, xiang3 yao4- want to have something. such as I want to have an apple. wo3 xiang3 yao4 yi1ge4 ping2guo3

Wait, I don't understand "xiang3 yao4".  Doesn't "xiang3 you3" mean "to want to have something"?

yao4 and hui4 is overlap, but xiang3 yao4 is want to have something. hui4 will do something. The formular about adjective is right.You made a good example: kan4 kan4 piao4 liang de nu3 hai2,haha

Are there any rules for choosing between "yào" and "huì" when talking about something in the future?

For example:

1. Wǒ míngtiān yào qù Běijīng.

2. Wo míngtiān huì qù Běijīng.

When talking about an object and describing it, is the formula "adjective + de + noun"?

For example:

Look at the pretty girl.

Kànkàn piàoliang de nǔhái.

because "runny nose" is you have a lot of snivel in the nose, bi2 ti4 is snivel. Nose can not be runny but snivel can be runny.

"to have a runny nose" is liu2 bi2ti4.

Why is it not liu2 bi2zi instead?

guo3 zhi1 juice

often ping2 shi2, weekend zhou1 mo4, hard lu2 li4, be going to hui4, work gong1 zuo4

summer xia4 tian1, first di4 yi1, hot re4, winter dong1 tian1, snow xia4 xue3, flower hua1, animal dong4 wu4, because yin1wei4, weekend zhou1 mo4, what are you going to do in the weekend-zhou1 mo4 ni3 yao4 gan4 shen2 me

Thanks, and we also can talk on what you have learn most recently if we have enough time on the phone, have a nice day

Ok that is fine.  I will study some additional lessons on my own for now.

Steve,

I am afraid you did't mention that on the first phone, but it is ok. We can change it after the first month since the first lesson plan has been assigned to your lesson tab. is it ok? Sorry for the inconvenience.

Amanda

I forget if I mentioned it during our first phone call, but I had Mandarin lessons for two months in 2007.  So some of the newbie lessons are review to me.  

The lessons you assigned for weeks 1 & 4 are review to me, but weeks 2 & 3 are pretty new to me.

I also have a lot of free time, so I can probably learn more than 2 lessons a week if that is ok.

Hi Steve,

You can definitely put yao4 before any verb to indicate that you will be doing that action in the future. we say xiang3 yao4 just to express what we are thinking for and jiang1 yao4 to express what is going to happen. But we can just use yao4 for all the situations.

Amanda

Thank you for the lesson plan Amanda.  I have a question.  Why can the character for "yào" be either "to want" or "to be going to"?

Can you put "yào" before any verb to indicate that you will be doing that action in the future?

 
 
Week Commencing: 11/06/2009       
Week 1           
1.    Newbie - Days of the week       
2.    Newbie - Months       
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Week 2           
1.    Newbie - What are you doing?       
2.    Newbie - Something to Do Tomorrow       
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Week 3           
1.    Newbie - I don't feel well       
2.    Newbie - Allergies       
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Week 4           
1.    Newbie - Intro 3: Where are you from?       
2.    Newbie - Intro 4: Do you like China?       
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