VIP Class Notes (Jesse)

Vocabulary

pretty good mate / good mate / not bad mate

how’s it goin? / how you doin? / how you been?

fountain pen – gang bi

ball point pen  

what’s the food like? = zenme yang?

fortunately = good thing!
unfortunately = bad thing!
eg. I wanted to come but unfortunately I couldn’t

colony 
eg. they were a colony of Britain

Grammar

went to shopping – went shopping 

a jeans – some jeans 

what’s your son’s English like?
His English is good

what food do you like? = ni xi huan shenme cai?

if i had a lot of money I would buy a big house

now / at the moment / right now – zhen zai

now / at the moment / these days – recently + and still doing

I thought i would come but something came up so I cancelled

I thought I would be able to come but unfortunately something came up so I had to cancel

I can come tomorrow = I will be able to come tomorrow = I would be able to come if you have time.

I haven’t drunk coffee + before (in your life) yet (you will in the future) today (you will later today)

I often go to xiamen< > I don’t go to xiamen very often

Macau + Thailand

her mum just got a lot of money from selling her shares 

Can I get the bill? / Can I pay

Can we please order? / We’re ready to order thanks

Could you give me a menu please? / Could we please get some menus?

Could you please check our order? We’ve been waiting for a while / Sorry, we’re still waiting for our dishes

jug of water / napkins / tissues / paper towel / pepper / chili sauce / tomato sauce (ketchup) / soy sauce / soy milk / toothpicks / a slice of lemon / cocktail

what alcohol do you have? do you serve alcohol? Could we see the menu please?

drinks menu / food menu

Hi I just wanted to know if you have room for a table for 3 at 8PM?
Hi could I get a table for 3 at 8PM tonight? The name is ____

could we get this for take away? / could we get 3 take away boxes?

keep going straight, and at the next intersection turn left / right.

intersection – shi zi lu kou

across the road
eg. it’s just across the road

turn around – diao tou

in front of us (qian) < > behind us (hou)
on our left < > on our right 

stop just here / stop just up there / stop up ahead just at the lights

is wechat ok? is cash ok? – how can I pay?

sorry, I’m looking for a Starbucks, do you know if there’s one nearby?
sorry, do you know if there’s a Starbucks (or other cafe) nearby?