F2F Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

Compare Okinawa to Beijing in 3 sentences.

I’m Lina, I’m 38, my job is translator Japanese for Chinese. I live in Shanghai
14 years.
Tokyo, Okinawa Kyoto.
My job is translator but my company designs gardens because I like Kyoto.
Kyoto is smaller than Shanghai

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I’m Lina, I’m 38, my job is translator/ I work as a translator / I am a translator.I translate Japanese to Chinese. I live in Shanghai
I have studied Japanese for 14 years.
I went to Tokyo, Okinawa and Kyoto.
My job is translator/ I am a translator but my company designs gardens. I like Kyoto.
Kyoto is smaller than Shanghai.
Japanese is very gentle.

Vocabulary

fake 假的
Japanese people are fake

gentle 温柔
My boyfriend is very gentle

to prefer 更喜欢
Do you prefer Tokyo or Shanghai?

university 大学
I studied Japanese in University

to compare (v) 比较
If I compare Kyoto to Shanghai I prefer Kyoto.

favorite 最喜欢的
My favorite city is Kyoto.
My favorite sport is diving.

company 公司
I work in a design company.

design 设计
We design gardens.

introduce 介绍
I introduce myself to the teacher.

cheap 便宜
Japanese ice cream is very cheap

expensive 贵
Houses in Shanghai are very expensive

to rent 租
I rent a small apartment in Tokyo.

apartment 套间
Apartments in Tokyo are cheaper than in Shanghai.

house房子🏠
I have a big house in my dreams.

clouds 云☁️
There are clouds in the sky.

Chinese people say what they think 中国人想什么就说什么
Chinese people do what they say
Italian people don’t do what they say

Tokyo peoples are more than Kyoto. -> There are more people in Tokyo than in Kyoto/ People in Tokyo are more numerous than in Kyoto

Pronunciation

14 fourteen

40 forty

Grammar

went (go – go/went/gone) / want

comparison （n) 比较

1 – short word (less than 2 syllables ) word + r/er
Small -> smaller -> Kyoto is smaller than Shanghai 
Cheap ->cheaper -> Xiaomi is cheaper than Huawei
Big -> bigger -> Shanghai is bigger than Kyoto
old -> older

2 – long words (2 syllables or 2+) more + word
expensive -> more expensive -> Shanghai is more expensive than Suzhou
beautiful -> more beautiful -> Kyoto is more beautiful than Tokyo
interesting -> more interesting -> Swimming is more interesting than running

Japanese food is more expensive than Shanghai’s food.
Japanese restaurants are smaller than Chinese restaurants
Japanese ice cream is cheaper than Chinese Ice cream.
The buildings in Kyoto are older than in Tokyo.