F2F Class Notes (Nicholas)

Vocabulary

artist – the person

Usually if a world ends in -IST = a person

artistic – adj – describes a person who is good at art

e.g. Yara is so artistic.

artistic eye – I can see and I know what is beautiful art (even though I maybe cannot make it myself)

e.g. Nicholas is not good at painting; he is not good at drawing; he is not good at makeup; but he does have an artistic eye.

musician – a person who plays music

e.g. Some musicians can’t play an instrument but they have good ears.

balcony – 阳台

e.g. Every morning, Yara wakes up and goes to her balcony and sings a song.

strict – 严格

e.g. I also went to a very strict school. Everyday from kindergarten until grade 12, I wore a shirt and a tie.

causal – sloppy – 随便

e.g. I think some school uniforms are too casual and don’t look nice for the older students.

possess – verb – to own something – it’s very formal

e.g. I possess a very special piece of jewelry from my grandfather.

e.g. I own an iPhone. I have an iPhone. I possess an iPhone.

possessive – adj – this is a person who likes to possess things and people

e.g. One time, I had a girlfriend and she was a very possessive person: she did not like that I had other friends besides her. She wanted me to be her only friend! She wanted to own me!

possessions – these are the things that are mine – I own these things – noun

e.g. These are my favorite possessions: my iPhone, my hat, and my brown and yellow shirt.

Have (Informal) >> Own (A little Formal) >> Possess (Formal)

I posses things (and people). I am possessive. I have possessions.

I do verbs. I am adjective. I have nouns.

“I have a song stuck in my head” – I remember a song and I cannot get the song out of my head – I keep singing the song -卡住

ballads – 民谣

e.g. Yara prefers listening to piano ballads.

Grammar

Future

What will you do today?

e.g. I will go to makeup class.

e.g. Maybe in the future, I will be an artist.

Past

What did you do yesterday?

e.g. Yesterday, I had classes the whole day.

What did you do today? / What have you done today?

e.g. I woke up at 9:00 and I did my homework in my dorm, and then I went to a store to take back/[return] a clothes some clothes: it was a t-shirt, and then/[finally] I went came here to have a class.

Present

Are you tired these days?

e.g. Yes, I am tired these days.

Do you think of yourself as an artist?

e.g. No, I didn’t don’t think of myself as an artist. 

Do you like living in a dorm?

e.g. It’s have There is a good side and bad side.

e.g. We can talk with each other in the dorm — it’s more fantastic so that’s nice / fantastic, but sometimes we have a lot of things / [possessions] and the dorm is too small also the dorm will be more full fuller; and we didn’t don’t have more personal space.

Came vs Went

Came = Where are you now

Went = Where did you go

e.g. I went to America last year.

e.g. I came back to China in September.

e.g. I came to class. <<You’re in the class now>>

e.g. I went to a store. <<You’re not at the store now>>