VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [40]

Vocabulary

hongkongnese 

sound – anything
voice – speaking

have a baby – to give birth and then the baby is yours

give birth – the baby comes out

c-section 
eg. When I gave birth, I didn’t have a c-section, I had a natural birth

domestic violence – when a husband or wife hits the other

cosmetic tattoo therapist

westerners < > asians

smooth curve
eg. chinese people prefer smooth curved eyebrows

polite – li mao

jail / gaol – the place you go when you get arrested

Grammar

there is a lady to talk to me – there was a lady who talked to me 

I haven’t learned that word before
I didn’t know that word before
I had never learned that word before

she was with me when I gave birth 

when i came in china – when i came to china

they don’t like HK control by CN – they don’t like HK to be controlled by CN

when he starts at kindergarten, there will not be free food

Pronunciation

policy – POL li see

invited – in VAI ted

arrest – the police get you
eg. the police arrested him