F2F Class Notes (Nick)

Vocabulary

Out of order – not working well right now; needs to be fixing

T-Shirt – an informal shirt, made of cotton, usually with short sleeves
Short Sleeves – 短袖子

Basement – the underground part of a house
(Underground/Above Ground) Parking Garage – a large structure of concrete for parking cars, usually in cities 停车库

Vowel – a e i o u
Consonant – every other letter

Grammar

A/An – “a” is used before consonants, and “an” before vowels
EXCEPTION: when “u” makes an “you” sound, don’t use “an”
e.g. An umbrella (pinyin u)
e.g. A (y)university (similar to pinyin ü)

Pronunciation

Breath/Breathe – noun/verb – brehth/breethe

Garage – ga – razh / ga – raj