Demo Class Notes (Lyra – Jesse)

Grammar

it has the same grammar with Chinese – it has the grammar as Chinese / the grammar is the same as in Chinese

as = the same
eg. I am as old as you

it take a lot of time – it takes (me) a lot of time 

if in Singapore, English is my main language – in Singapore, English is the / my main language
if I am in Singapore, English is my main language 

if in singapore 

if weather hot, i don’t go out = if the weather is hot i don’t want to go out 

conjunction + SVO + SVO
SVO + conjunction + SVO

I like coffee because it tastes good

watching movie is not quite often – I don’t watch movies very often / Watching movies is not very 

Tea is not very common for children to drink / it’s not very common for Children to drink tea / Children don’t drink tea very often

if I watching a movie – if I watch a movie / if I am watching a movie 

similar as SZ – similar to SZ / different to SZ 

a – just 1 of them / it’s not important which one
the – obvious / specific thing, but can’t use it for names unless “the” is part of the name. The makes the other person guess or able to know which one you mean.

I’m trying to reading – I’m trying to read 

Vocabulary

subtitles – zi mu

nice – friendly / pleasant / comfortable 

good = really good / great / amazing / wonderful / fantastic / so good 

chaotic – a bit crazy

stay – temporary
live – permanent / home

When I go to Japan it’s more like the team building which is organised by our company. It’s around 3-5 days trip to Kyoto. Because it’s a very long time ago before the COVID 19 so we fly to Kyoto. We go to the hot spring and stay to the air bnb / guesthouse to live there to spend a great night. The host make a lot of really good food. and Kyoto is very near to Osaka so we traveled to Osaka to visit the city.

When I went to Japan it was more like a team building which was organised by our company. It was an around 3-5 day trip to Kyoto / the trip was around 3-5 days. Because it was a very long time ago / Because it has been a long time, and it was before the COVID 19 so we flew to Kyoto. We went to a hot spring and stayed in an air bnb / guesthouse and lived there to spent a great night there. The host made a lot of really good food. and it’s / Kyoto is not far from / is close to Osaka so we traveled to Osaka to visit the city / on a visit to the city / to visit / for a short trip.