Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Vocabulary

major in shanghai, chengdu etc – mainly Shanghai… 

yes – yeah – yep – yup – that’s right / exactly 
no – nah – nope – nup – not really / not exactly 

tibetan – people / language

hongkongnese – people / language

debate competition – bian lun sai

Grammar

i fell down to the pool – i fell into the pool

learn the knowledge – get knowledge / gain knowledge / learn things / learn ideas 

their rights get smaller and smaller – get less and less 

he didn’t agree that – he didn’t agree with that / agree to that
i agree with that = we have the same opinion
i agree to that = i will do it / i think we should do it

Pronunciation

neatherlands – “neh ther landz”