VIP Class Notes (Jesse)

Vocabulary

in the north / northern China

Mongolia – meng gu

Mandarin – pu tong hua

Cantonese – guang dong hua

accent – kou yin
eg. I have an Australian accent

dialect – a sub-type language with a common writing

language – yu yuan

luggage / baggage – xing li xiang
eg. I had 2 check-in luggage for the flight

antler (looks like a tree) / horn (sharp 1)

annual leave – nian jia
eg. I took annual leave and went to Japan for 5 days

I had an annual meeting in Thailand

horde (bad) < > alliance (good)

fascinating – super interesting

warlock – the dark magic guy in WoW

mount – the horse you ride in WoW
eg. it was so hard to get the mounts in WoW but now it’s really easy

Grammar

they use Cantonese – they are in Cantonese

different with – different to 

1 deer / 2 deer
1 sheep / 2 sheep