F2F Class Notes (Nick)

Vocabulary

酒 translates as…

Liquor – “hard alcohol”; alcoholic drinks above 20%
Wine – alcohol made from grapes or maybe other fruit (~14%)
(Hard) Cider – alcohol made from apple juice; or hot apple juice with spices
Beer – alcohol made from grains at a lower level of alcohol (~3-13%)

Statement Sentence – 陈述句

Tap Water – 自来水

Filter – anything that removes unwanted stuff from something else
Water Filter – maybe a machine, but maybe just something that water goes through to get clean

Grammar

“What is that?” vs. “I don’t know what this is.”
— The first is a question, and has the question word order.
— The second is a statement, and has the statement word order.

Pronunciation

Portuguese – por – chu – geez