day 17praise and complaints

praise and complaints

Praise, complain and congratulate, blame with 害 + someone + verb, and say “who knew!” with 哪裡知道.

today’s words

• 批評 pīpíng · criticise
• 恭喜 gōngxǐ · congratulations
• 留言 liúyán · leave a message
• 抱怨 bàoyuàn · complain
• 罵 mà · scold, tell off
• 貴姓 guìxìng · your surname? (polite)
• 推薦 tuījiàn · recommend
• 訪問 fǎngwèn · interview; visit
• 溝通 gōutōng · communicate
• 害 hài · cause (someone to suffer)
• 打聽 dǎtīng · ask around, find out
• 握手 wòshǒu · shake hands
• 尊敬 zūnjìng · respect
• 嗯 en · mm, yeah
• 忽然 hūrán · suddenly
• 棵 kē · (measure word for trees)
• 篇 piān · (measure word for articles, essays)
• 數字 shùzì · number, figure

sentences

• 你遲到了，害大家等了半個小時。 · You were late and made everyone wait half an hour.
• 我以為很簡單，哪裡知道這麼難！ · I thought it would be easy: who knew it would be so hard!
• 我寫了三天，哪裡知道老師還是不滿意。 · I spent three days on it, and who knew, the teacher still isn’t happy.
• 恭喜你！聽說你的作文被老師推薦了。 · Congratulations! I hear the teacher recommended your essay.
• 這棵樹有一百歲了。 · This tree is a hundred years old.