L8 - Birthday Celebration 过生日
- Birthday Celebration 过生日
- 派对 pàiduì- party
- 生日 shēngrì- birthday party
- 为 wèi- for (someone to do something)
- 男朋友 nán péngyǒu- boyfriend
- 女朋友 nǚ péngyǒu- girlfriend
- 参加 cānjiā- to participate
- 游泳 yóuyǒng- swim
- 游泳池 yóuyǒng chí- swimming pool
- 游泳衣 yóuyǒng yī- swim suit
- 多大 多duó dà- how old? How big?
- 岁 suì- years, age
- 一样 yíyàng- same
- 蛋糕 dàngāo- cake
- 好玩 hǎowán- fun, interesting
- Grammar
- 快(kuài) /快要(kuàiyào)…了/ 就快要(jiù kuài yào)…了
- 快 means fast / soon. 快要….了, 就快….了, 就快要…了 are used to indicate that an activity or event is soon to happen. The pattern 就要 (jiùyào) is similar to 快要 (kuàiyào), meaning "about to." They are interchangeable in some cases. Patterns means for events about to / soon to take place.
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| 快+ ……… +了Kuài | 快要+ …… +了kuàiyào | 就(快)要+ …… +了Jiù(kuài)yào |
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| 大山快二十一岁了Dàshān kuài èrshí yī suì le \n 小美快去中国了Xiǎoměi kuài qù zhōngguó le \n 林君快带蛋糕过来了Lín Jūn dàn dàngāo guò lái le | 大山的生日快要到了Dàshān de shēngrì kuàiyào dào le \n 小美快要去中国了Xiǎoměi kuàiyào qù zhōngguó le. \n 林君快要上班了Lín Jūn kuàiyào shàngbān le. | 他们就要去吃饭了Tāmen jiùyao qù chīfàn le \n 我就要下课了Wǒ jiùyào xiàkè le \n 我们就要过年了Wǒmen jiùyào guònián le |
- Comparison 比
- A 比 B+ Adj. comparison sentences are commonly followed by “more 多了” and “number +measure word” to provide the degree of difference.
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| A 比 B + Adj. + 多了 | A 比 B + Adj.+ number+ M.W. |
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| 她的公寓比我的大她的公寓比我的大多了Tāde gōngyù bǐ wǒde dà duō le \n 那件蓝外套比这件红外套贵那件蓝外套比这件红外套贵多了Nà jiàn lán wàitào bǐ zhè jiàn hóngwàitào gui duō le | 他比我大他比我大一岁Tā bǐ wǒ dà yí suì \n 蓝外套比红外套贵蓝外套比红外套贵二十块Lán wàitào bǐ hóng wàitào guì èrshí kuài |
- 一样 yíyàng means “the same”
- The pattern is A+ B 一样 / A+ B 不一样
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| A 跟 B 一样 yíyàng (adj)(A is the same as B) | A 跟 B 不一样 bù yíyang (adj)(A is different from B) |
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| 这件衬衫跟那件一样, 都是蓝色Zhè jiàn chènshān gēn nà jiàn yíyàng,dōushì lán sè. \n 这件衬衫跟那件一样大, 都是中号Zhè jiàn chènshān gēn nà jiàn yíyàng dà, dōushì zhōng hào \n 这件衬衫跟那件一样贵, 都是五十块Zhè jiàn chēnshān gēn nà jiàn yíyàng guì,dōushì wǔshí kuài | 这件外套跟那件颜色不一样Zhè jiàn wàitào gēn nà jiàn yánsè bù yíyàng \n 这件外套跟那件不一样大Zhè jiàn wàitào gēn nà jiàn bù yíyàng dà \n 美国菜跟中国菜味道不一样Měiguó cài gēn zhōngguó cài wèidaobù yíyàng |
- 为(wèi) means “for”
- A person, 为 wèi, B person, do something
- 林君想为大山做一个生日蛋糕。Lín Jūn xiǎng wèi Dàshān zuò yíge shēngrì dàngāo.
- 小美想为大山开一个生日派对。Xiǎoměi xiǎng wèi Dàshān kāi yíge shēngrì pàiduì.
- 我想为妈妈买一件外套。Wǒ xiǎng wèi māma mǎi yíjiàn wàitào.
- To do something to achieve the goals
- 为 wèi, goals, person / subject, do something
- 为了过中国新年,很多中国人坐飞机回家。 Wèi le guò zhōngguó xīnnián, hěnduō zhōngguó rén zuò fēijī huíjiā.
- 为了买一件外套,我想明天去商场看看。Wèi le mǎi yí jiàn wàitào, wǒ xiǎng míngtiān qù shāngchǎng kànkan.
- 为了练习说中文,我每个星期都上中文课。 Wèi le liànxí shuō zhóngwén, wǒ měige xīngqī dōu shàng zhōngwén kè.
- Degree of Complement Sentences
- In degree of complement sentences, the object can be placed at the beginning.
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| Subject + Object (V.O.) + Verb de + adj | Object +Subject +V. + de + adj |
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| 小美游泳游得很好Xiǎomèi yóuyǒng yóude hěnhǎo \n 林君做蛋糕做得很好Lín Jūn uò dàngāo zuòde hěnhǎo \n 大山开车开得很快Dàshān kāichē kāide hěn kuài | 游泳小美游得很好Yóuyǒng xiǎoměi yóude hěnhǎo. \n 蛋糕林君做得很好Dàngāo Lín Jūn zuò de hěnhǎo. \n 开车大山开得很快Kāichē Dàshān kāide hěn kuài |