F2F Class Notes (Nick)

Vocabulary

Chicago – 芝加哥
e.g. Nick is from Chicago, not New York!

Grammar

How long in Shanghai? – we need to have a verb
How long have you been in Shanghai.

Have (verb) – it is verb in the past, but close to the present; with relation to the present
|————————————————————>Present
Beginning ————— action (verb) —————–>Now

Happiness vs. Happy – the first is a noun (名词）, the second is an adjective（形容词）
e.g. I wish you a lot of happiness.
e.g. I am very happy to be working with Smart English.

Sentence order:
Chinese – subject ( where, when, with who) verb noun – 我在上海教课
English – subject verb noun ( where, when, with who) – I teach English in Shanghai (with Jesse near Jing’an etc.)

Review! (Check notes from last class also)
Stay vs. Live
Where you live is where your home is; it is somewhere you stay for a long time (an apartment, at university)
Where you stay may only be for a few nights, or at a friend’s apartment.

Numbers
English – groups of three; 1 million = 1,000,000 (ones) (tens) (hundreds) 1, 10, 100, (thousand) —,000, (million) —,000,000, (billions), etc.
Chinese – groups of four; 一百万 = 100,0000

Practice – practicing
In English it is very common to use -ing to talk about what is happening now

What kind of do you study? How long in Shanghai teaching English? Do you stay in school sleep or apartment?

How long have you been teaching English in Shanghai? Do you live on campus or in an apartment?

I just practice grammar with no other meaning.

I am just practicing grammar with no other meaning.

Pronunciation

Chicago – shi – ka – gou