day 53back to the village

back to the village

Make holiday plans, talk about town and countryside, and use short punchy sentences like 不去不行, and say “maybe, who knows” with 说不定.

today’s words

• 寒假 hánjià · winter holiday
• 暑假 shǔjià · summer holiday
• 零花钱 línghuāqián · pocket money
• 月份 yuèfèn · month (as a period)
• 计划 jìhuà · plan; to plan
• 定 dìng · to fix, settle, decide
• 内 nèi · inside, within
• 准 zhǔn · accurate; exactly
• 举 jǔ · to lift, raise
• 改 gǎi · to change, correct
• 压力 yālì · pressure, stress
• 关键 guānjiàn · key, crucial (point)
• 城 chéng · city; city wall
• 村 cūn · village
• 农村 nóngcūn · the countryside, rural area

sentences

• 暑假妹妹要去农村看爷爷奶奶。 · In the summer holiday Xiaoming’s sister is going to the countryside to see her grandparents.
• 你不说我也知道。 · I know even if you don’t tell me.
• 这个会很关键，不去不行。 · This meeting is crucial; I’ve got to go.
• 我们七月份去，日子已经定了。 · We’re going in July; the date is already fixed.
• 对于妹妹来说，城里的学习压力太大了。 · For Xiaoming’s sister, the pressure of school in town is too much.