F2F Class Notes 3rd September (Jesse)

i have to / i must / i need to = xu yao

i don’t have to / i don’t need to = bu xu yao
eg. he only comes once a year so I have to see him

relationship – guan xi
eg. we have a good relationship

what is he like? = describe him
he is really serious as he is older than my mum 

my mum is 65 but she’s not serious

personality – xing ge
eg. his personality is not very good 

i hear them talking = ability
i listen to them talking = what you do

does it make you feel like a child?

this coffee tastes like water
it is like water

the cinema = the movie theatre
i’m going to the movies!

movie – dian ying
the movies – dian ying yuan

the movie that / which I watched last week was a little bad.
I watched a movie last week and it was really bad

my mum goes out to buy food every day. she cleans the room 3 times a week as she wants to keep on clean. she often goes to bed after 11 as she watches tv every day. My father after dinner go out to walk every day with my mum and I, and I think it’s really good. My parents seldom go shopping with me because they are busy with their business. I sometimes go play computer games as I think it’s interesting.

my mum goes out to buy food every day. she cleans the house / apartment 3 times a week as she wants to keep it clean. she often goes to bed after 11 coz she watches tv every night. After dinner, my father, mother and I go out to walk every day, and I think it’s really good. My parents seldom go shopping with me because they are busy with their business. I sometimes go play computer games as I think it’s interesting.

my mum takes my dad and I out for a walk = she wants you to go and asks you
Me and my dad go out with my mum for a walk = you go to make her happy / help her
my mum sends my dad and I out for a walk = your mum pushes you and your dad out

I will keep you here until class is finished
she wants to keep the house clean

my mum goes out to buy food every day, because if she didn’t, we wouldn’t have any food to eat.
my mum goes out to buy food every day for us to eat.

keep on – continue
eg. i will continue living in China…. = I will keep on living in China

to keep sth good
to keep sth clean (adj)

you can sometimes change it
sometimes you can change it
you can change it sometimes 

seldom = not often
eg. I don’t do that very often = I seldom do that
eg2. I don’t go to the shops very often = I seldom go to the shops