F2F Class Notes (Tony)

Vocabulary

How many children do you have?

I don’t have any children.

I didn’t get married yet.

I saved one for you

I don’t know if its raining tomorrow / I don’t know if it will rain tomorrow / I don’t know if it will be raining tomorrow /     (First one is NOT CORRECT, but the mistake is too small, so it doesn’t really matter)

everyone wasn’t looking at me on the subway / nobody was looking at me on the subway

I always don’t go there / I never go there

overtime – working longer than you usually do

eg: I have to work overtime today.

eg: The boss made me work overtime tonight.

eg: Do you have overtime on Monday?

eg: I don’t know if I work overtime tomorrow.

eg: I hate working overtime.

go to work/ start work – shang ban

eg: I go to work at 7am.

get off work/ finish work – xia ban

eg: I get off work in half an hour.

one child – haizi

two/3/4/20 children – haizi

denim – niu zai bu, a material used to make clothes, especially jeans

eg: I’m wearing a denim jacket.

canadian tuxedo – a joke about canada. how they wear denim suits for weddings and formal dinners

Grammar

from my office to here I just need half an hour

my office to from here is just half an hour need     (VERY BAD SENTENCE, ORDER IS BAD)

Pronunciation

half an hour – HAh fan-now-werr