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ID: 2802 Intermediate
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In today's lesson you'll learn lots of useful ways to talk about choosing school subjects. While some of the vocabulary is a bit more specialised, there are lots of high frequency sentence patterns useful for both elementary and intermediate learners alike.
Photo Credit: Leland Francisco
Wed Nov 25 2015 | Gwilym, Fiona Tian
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SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
---|---|---|---|
开学 | kāixué | to study; to start school; the start of school | |
选课 | xuǎnkè | to pick classes | |
早就 | zǎo jiù | early on already | |
还没 | háiméi | to still have not |
下礼拜就要开学了,你选课了吗?
xià lǐbài jiùyào kāixué le ,nǐ xuǎnkè le ma ?
Term starts next week already, have you chosen your classes?
早就选了,你还没选吗?
zǎo jiù xuǎn le ,nǐ háiméi xuǎn ma ?
I chose them ages ago, haven't you?
我选了必修课,还选了两门文学课。
wǒ xuǎn le bìxiūkè ,hái xuǎn le liǎng mén wénxué kè 。
I chose the compulsory classes as well as two literature classes.
哦?你选的是什么文学课?
ò ?nǐ xuǎn de shì shénme wénxué kè ?
Huh? What literature class did you choose?
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