day 22a flat to rent
unit 4 · home & everyday lifea flat to rent
Talk about renting a flat (rent, deposit, fittings) and give advice with 要不然 (otherwise).
today’s words
- 打掃 dǎsǎo · clean, sweep (a room)
- 花園 huāyuán · garden
- 做夢 zuòmèng · dream, have a dream
- 出租 chūzū · rent out, for rent
- 郊區 jiāoqū · suburbs, outskirts
- 擦 cā · wipe, rub
- 修理 xiūlǐ · repair, fix
- 整理 zhěnglǐ · tidy up, sort out
- 公寓 gōngyù · flat, apartment
- 設備 shèbèi · facilities, equipment
- 押金 yājīn · deposit
- 居住 jūzhù · live, reside (formal)
- 舒適 shūshì · comfortable, cosy
- 細 xì · thin, fine, slender
- 值得 zhíde · be worth (it)
- 必要 bìyào · necessary
- 大約 dàyuē · about, roughly
- 要不然 yàobùrán · otherwise, or else
- 現金 xiànjīn · cash
- 些 xiē · some (好些, 一些)
sentences
- 快點走，要不然會遲到。 · Hurry up, or we’ll be late.
- 這間公寓有花園，設備也很新。 · This flat has a garden, and the fittings are new too.
- 多帶一點現金，要不然不夠用。 · Bring a bit more cash, or you won’t have enough.
- 經過一個星期，他找到了公寓。 · After a week, he found a flat.
- 我把桌子和窗戶都擦乾淨了。 · I’ve wiped the table and the windows clean.