VIP Class Notes (Jesse)

+ think of a few more words in Chinese you should know in English

Grammar

I arrive – every time / sometimes
I have arrived – already happened / finished
I arrived – yesterday / 10 minutes ago
I’m here – your current situation

be a nurse isn’t my choice – being a nurse wasn’t my choice / being a nurse is tiring 

Vocabulary

120 staff are under me / work under me 

2006 – 2 thousand and 6 
2010 – 2 thousand and 10 – twenty ten 

beginning i didn’t like it – when I first started / just started working there 

叫外卖 – order in / get delivery food
eg. let’s order in tonight for dinner / maybe we can get delivery (food) for dinner

我听说…… – I heard / find out
eg. I heard that Shadow has a great thermos!

请假 – day off 
eg. I have a day off today
eg2. I took a day off yesterday

我就说吧 – I told you (so)
eg. Don’t go to the shops, it’s too busy… “wow it was so busy”…. “yeahhh I told you so!!”

说到做到 – don’t just say it / if you say it, do it / don’t just say you’re gona do it 

annual leave – nian jia
sick leave– bing jia
maternity leave / paternity leave – if you have a baby
unpaid leave – wu xing jia

I don’t live in Japan anymore (negative) = I used to live in Japan (positive)
eg. A: Oh, you’re still living in Japan? … B: No no, I don’t live there anymore
eg2. A: I live in Japan now … B: Oh cool, I used to live there.

I am used to living in China / I am used to Chinese food

colleague – tong shi

check on them / check their status

the number of  / the amount of
eg. I check the number of customers / I check the amount of customers = how many
eg2. I have a number of problems = quite a lot

video (conference) call – “con call”

Pronunciation

ten – “ehhh”
time – “eye”