day 5love and marriage

love and marriage

Talk about love, weddings and marriage, say what someone should do with 該, and compare with 跟……比起來.

today’s words

• 兒童 értóng · child, children
• 愛情 àiqíng · (romantic) love
• 家長 jiāzhǎng · parent (of a pupil)
• 一生 yīshēng · one’s whole life
• 老公 lǎogōng · husband (informal)
• 老婆 lǎopó · wife (informal)
• 對象 duìxiàng · partner (to marry); target
• 婚禮 hūnlǐ · wedding
• 夫婦 fūfù · married couple
• 戀愛 liàn'ài · be in love, date
• 寶貝 bǎobèi · treasure; darling
• 親 qīn · kiss
• 去世 qùshì · pass away
• 互相 hùxiāng · each other
• 曾經 céngjīng · once, at one time
• 全 quán · whole, all
• 話 huà · words, what someone says
• 該 gāi · should; it’s time to
• 比起來 bǐqǐlái · compared with (跟…比起來)

sentences

• 我們該走了，婚禮六點開始。 · We should go: the wedding starts at six.
• 跟臺北比起來，臺南的生活比較慢。 · Compared with Taipei, life in Tainan is slower.
• 媽媽親了一下寶貝，說：「該睡覺了。」 · Mum gave the baby a kiss and said, “Time for bed.”
• 他們夫婦結婚三十年了，還常常互相送禮物。 · That couple have been married thirty years and still give each other presents.
• 跟以前比起來，現在的人比較晚結婚。 · Compared with the past, people marry later now.