Mandarin II Berkeley Extension - Class 2

425 Market Street San Francisco, CA

Feb. 6, 2012

Homework: Workbook, pages 52-53. Make a copy of it. (I discovered if you read Chapter 8 in the textbook, its much easier.) Professor:

Jia3 Bao2 Cai2 (He also goes by Paul...) In Mandarin, a topic (such as I) and a comment (such as very good) does not require a verb. Hence : (wo3hen3hao3) means literally I very good, but translated would be I am very good because no verb in this situation is correct grammar in Mandarin..

hai2 = still

hai2 ke3 yi3 = fair (according to Still okay is a kind of fair.)

ke3 yi3 = can, okay

ke4fang2 = guest room ke4 = visitor, guest; traveller; passenger; stranger; fang2 = house; room; bedroom; a branch of extended family; {measure word} (for daughters-inlaw, concubines) fang1 = square
Mandarin II Berkeley Extension: Class 1, Sept. 6, 2011, Jia, Bao Cai, instructor. Notes and irritating commentary by Jennifer Ball. Putonghua Uncensored February 2, 2012: avail. at www.originofalphabet.com rev. 13 February 2012 9:58 AM

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hu4 = door, family, household shi1 =corpse, dead body, remains The relationship of corpse to a structure is probably due to the fact that the corpse of the important people were put in the most elaborate tombs at a time when people lived in tents or caves or something less than houses.

dang1 = equal, ought to, should, must

ran2 = right, correct, so, like that

kong1jian1 = space

My notes show that our teacher spelled kang. Keep this in mind for the future because this may mean and he swaps O for A. Its very tough to find the right character if you have the wrong pinyin.) kong1 = empty, hollow, void xue2 = cave, den, hole; coffin pit bi1 = vaginal orifice Can you see the relationship of women to caves to rooms? And no wonder linguists believe that the alphabets letter B comes from house. Houseand women are not mutually exclusive. Nor is cave and woman, keeping in mind that houses were a long time in coming. Caves, and women, and womens caves were first.

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= page lian shu lai =

dan4 = of coursebut, yet, still, nevertheless di4 yi1 da4 ti2 = first answer da4 = answer, reply, respond, return (a visit), reciprocate ti2 = topic, subject, title, problem, inscribe (note that this character is

wen ti2 = question, problem wen4 = ask, inquire, interrogate, examine, hold responsible di4 si4 xiao3 ti2 = fourth part of question (I think)

shi2jian1 = time

jia1 li3 = family (only Pleco had this, not Mandarin Online tools; Mandarin tools also does not have the simplified version of jia1

jian1 = between, among; within a definite time or space; room; space in between; separate

ke ting = sitting room

; the site appears to be somewhat dated)

jia1 li3 can1 ting1 = dining room of your house

dang1ran2 = of course

Mandarin II Berkeley Extension: Class 1, Jan. 30, 2012, Jia, Bao Cai instructor. Notes and irritating commentary by Jennifer Ball. Putonghua Uncensored February 2, 2012: avail. at www.originofalphabet.com rev. 13 February 2012 9:58 AM

Mandarin II Berkeley Extension: Class 1, Sept. 6, 2011, Jia, Bao Cai, instructor. Notes and irritating commentary by Jennifer Ball. Putonghua Uncensored February 2, 2012: avail. at www.originofalphabet.com rev. 13 February 2012 9:58 AM

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fang2 jian1 = room, bedroom jia1 de is correct because your family has possessions Dont use de with a person:

ji4suan4ji1ke1xue2 = computer science

auxiliary verb xibanya4 = espana (Spain)

ji4 = count, compute, calculate, number

wo baba, wo mama (Not wode baba because you dont possess them like you do objects?)

suan4= calculate, reckon, compute, guess, think, suppose, carry weight

wo3 yao3 qu2

ji1 = machine, engine, aircraft, crucial point, chance, occasion, opportunity, organic

ke1 = a branch of academic or vocational study, a division, section, department

yao3 bu4 yao3 qu2

ju4 chang3 = theater ju4 = theaterical work, drama, play, opera, acute, severe, intense

wei4 jia accidentally skipped to page 7)

chang3 = a large place used for a particular purpose, stage, scene

wen2 ke1 = humanities, arts

dui4 = opposing

li3ke1 = science li3 = texture, grain (of wood), inner essence, intrinsic, order, reason, logic, truth, science, natural science (esp. physics), to manage, to pay attention to, to run (affairs), to handle, to put in order, to tidy up

zheng4 = normal

dian4nao3 = computer Page 4

Mandarin II Berkeley Extension: Class 1, Jan. 30, 2012, Jia, Bao Cai instructor. Notes and irritating commentary by Jennifer Ball. Putonghua Uncensored February 2, 2012: avail. at www.originofalphabet.com rev. 13 February 2012 9:58 AM

Mandarin II Berkeley Extension: Class 1, Sept. 6, 2011, Jia, Bao Cai, instructor. Notes and irritating commentary by Jennifer Ball. Putonghua Uncensored February 2, 2012: avail. at www.originofalphabet.com rev. 13 February 2012 9:58 AM

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she4 hui4 ke1 xue2 = social sciences (it took me 45 min. to figure out it wasnt shi) she4 = an organized body, agency, society, peoples commune, the god of the land, sacrifices to him or altars

(More to come)

Definitions from Pleco, Chinese Text Project, Mandarin Online Toolsand Google Translate

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Mandarin II Berkeley Extension: Class 1, Jan. 30, 2012, Jia, Bao Cai instructor. Notes and irritating commentary by Jennifer Ball. Putonghua Uncensored February 2, 2012: avail. at www.originofalphabet.com rev. 13 February 2012 9:58 AM

Mandarin II Berkeley Extension: Class 1, Sept. 6, 2011, Jia, Bao Cai, instructor. Notes and irritating commentary by Jennifer Ball. Putonghua Uncensored February 2, 2012: avail. at www.originofalphabet.com rev. 13 February 2012 9:58 AM

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