1. Dì二十一課 談天qì Dì二十一课 谈天qì

2. jì (n.) season 四 jì 四 jì 如chūn four seasons
spring
xià 天
summer
qiū 天
fall
dōng 天
winter
四 jì 如chūn
like spring all year around
这儿四季如春吗？

3. jìjié (n.) season 你喜歡哪個jìjié？你不喜歡哪個jìjié？為甚麼？
Which season do you like? Which season so you not like? Why?
lěng
cold rè
hot
nuǎn和
warm

4. fù習/fù习：bǐ NP1 + bǐ+ NP2 + AdjV 一點/一点 請跟你的同學說說你的jù子(sentence)：得多
NP1 + bǐ+ NP2 + AdjV
一點/一点
a lot
NP1 has more of some quality than NP2
a little
請跟你的同學說說你的jù子(sentence)：
请跟你的同学说说你的jù子(sentence)：

5. Weather expression: guāfēng it is windy
(n.) wind
guāfēng
It is windy.
Chūn天常guāfēng。
It is often windy in spring.

6. Weather expressions: 下xuě it is snowing, 下yǔ it is raining
It rains. yǔ
(n.) rain
xuě
(n.) snow
下xuě
It snows.

7. Weather expressions: 下xuě it is snowing, 下yǔ it is raining, guāfēng it is windy
In Mandarin, these equivalent expressions occur without a subject. They begin with the verb:
下xuě it is snowing (Literally: falls snow)
下yǔ it is raining (Literally: falls rain)
guāfēng it is windy (Literally: blows wind)
Do not say 它下 xuě 。 “It” is snowing.

8. ěrqiě (conjunction) in addition, besides
I am interested in Chinese. In addition, I am also interested in Chinese culture.
小王想上大學，ěrqiě他想上好大學。
小王想上大学，ěrqiě他想上好大学。
Little Wang wants to go to college, and he wants to go to a good college.
and on the sentence level

9. ěrqiě (conjunction) in addition, besides
Is tomorrow’s weather good?
明天很rè，ěrqiě不會guāfēng .
明天很rè，ěrqiě不会guāfēng .
It will be hot tomorrow, and it won’t be windy.

10. ěrqiě (conjunction) in addition, besides
你家xiāng的chūn天shū服嗎？
你家xiāng的chūn天shū服吗？
Is spring in your hometown comfortable?
我家xiāng的chūn天很nuǎn 和，ěrqiě不下yǔ。
My hometown’s spring is warm, and it won’t rain.
60F。

11. mēn (adjectival v.) muggy
天qì很mēn。
The weather is muggy.

12. mēnrè (adjectival v.) hot and humid
下yǔ以前，天qì有一點mēnrè。
下yǔ以前，天qì有一点mēnrè。
Before it rains, it is a little hot and humid.
你家xiāng的xià天比這兒的xià天mēnrè嗎？
你家xiāng的xià天比这儿的xià天mēnrè吗？
Is your hometown hotter and more humid than here in summer?

13. 出去 (directional v.) go out
下課以後，我會出去。
下课以后，我会出去。
After class, I will go out.
他zhōumò 會出去買東西。
他zhōumò 会出去买东西。
He will go out to buy things at weekends.
你常出去吃飯嗎？
你常出去吃饭吗？
Do you often go out to eat?

14. wán, wár (v.) play, have fun
play in the park

15. wán, wár (v.) play, have fun
have a good time with friends in the park

16. wán, wár (v.) play, have fun
Wán, often pronounced wár in Beijing, means play or have fun.
It can be used like the English word play to say that children are playing in the park.
It can also be used to mean have fun or have a good time.
好wár good/fun to play
Is this party good/fun to play?

17. The retroflex suffix: r
When the suffix r attaches to a word that ends with a vowel, the r sound is simply added to the end of the syllable.
gē+r→gēr song
When r is used with a word that ends in n/ng, it replaces the final n/ng:
wán+r→ wár play, have fun
電 (电)yǐng+r →電 (电)yǐr movie

18. wán, wár (v.) play, have fun
Situations:
After the summer break, when you meet your friends and you can ask: Where did you go and have fun during the summer break?
你shǔjià去哪兒 (儿)wár了？
You friend invited you to hang out with her, but you can’t make it and you can say: I can’t go out and have fun tonight.
今天晚上我不能出去wár。

19. ràng: make/let (someone do something),tell (someone to do something)
Mom tells him to study at home.
媽媽不ràng他出去wár。
妈妈不ràng他出去wár。
Mom doesn’t let him to go out and play.

20. ràng: make/let (someone do something),tell (someone to do something)
subject + ràng + (someone) + VP
All of the uses of ràng have to do with cause, and ràng always means that the subject causes someone to behave in a certain way.
The translation of ràng into English as make, let, or tell depends upon the context of the sentence.

21. 請用”ràng”回dá問tí 请用“ràng”回dá问tí
今天你有時間嗎？
今天你有时间吗？
Do you have time today?
媽媽/妈妈

22. 請用“ràng”回dá問tí 请用“ràng”回dá问tí
今天晚上你可以來我的晚會嗎？
今天晚上你可以来我的晚会吗？
Can you come to my party tonight?

23. 近

24. 離离

25. 漂

26. 亮