day 109steak or tofu?
unit 15 · shopping, food & the examsteak or tofu?
Order Western and Taiwanese food, talk about smells and tastes, and exaggerate with adjective + 死了.
today’s words
- 沙拉 shālā · salad
- 牛排 niúpái · steak
- 海鮮 hǎixiān · seafood
- 火腿 huǒtuǐ · ham
- 熱狗 règǒu · hot dog
- 饅頭 mántou · steamed bun (plain)
- 米 mǐ · rice (uncooked)
- 豆腐 dòufu · tofu
- 鹽 yán · salt
- 味 wèi · taste, flavour; smell
- 聞 wén · smell (verb)
- 臭 chòu · smelly, stinky
- 死 sǐ · die; (after adjectives) to death
sentences
- 我餓死了！ · I’m starving!
- 今天熱死了。 · It’s boiling today.
- 臭豆腐聞起來很臭，可是很好吃。 · Stinky tofu smells awful, but it tastes great.
- 我要一份牛排和一份沙拉。 · A steak and a salad, please.
- 湯裡要放一點鹽。 · The soup needs a little salt.