L1 U8 L2 Flashcards
Looks exactly the same (2 ways)
Zhǎng de yìmóyíyàng
Kànqǐlái yìmóyíyàng
At that time
That/this (only when used with time words/phrases)
Dāng
Note nà shíhou can also be used interchangeably for “at that time”
At that time when I was still young…
Dāng wǒ hái niánqīng de shíhou…
Always (actions) vs
Always (states)
Yìzhí vs
Zǒngshì
He has always liked reading
Tā zǒngshì zhèyàng xǐhuān kàn shū
I didn’t do much
Wǒ méi zuò shénme
Note would not use “méi zěnme zuò” pattern
(They are) still the same clothes from back in those years
Lit. Still [as our in those years the same] type of uniform
Háishì gēn zánmen dāng nián yíyàng de xiàofú
He seems really unhappy; he hasn’t really talked the entire day
Tā hǎoxiàng hěn bù kāixīn；yì zhěng tiān méi zěnme shuōhuà
Even their eyes are exactly the same
Lián tāmen yǎnjīng dōu yìmóyíyàng
They haven’t changed at all
Yìdiǎn dōu méi biàn
I never arrive at work on time
Wǒ zǒngshì bù zhǔnshí shàngbān
Still (more formal than háishì)
Réngrán
To go downstairs
Xià lóu (note no “qù”)
To go upstairs
Shàng lóu
Upstairs
Lóu shàng
Downstairs
Lóu xià
He’s 80 years old, but he still wakes up every day at 5am to play racquetball
Tā bāshí suì le, dànshì tā réngrán měitiān zǎoshàng wǔdiǎn qǐchuáng dǎ duǎnpāibìqiú
I hope I can get off work on time today
Wǒ xīwàng jīntiān huì zhǔnshí xiàbān
I’ll arrive on time tomorrow
Míngtiān wǒ huì zhǔnshí dào
He’s usually very punctual
Tā tōngcháng hěn zhǔnshí
He is downstairs, go downstairs to (go) find him
Tā zài lóu xià, nǐ xià lóu qù zhǎo tā
