Lesson 184: Notes
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1. Note how, depending on context, fāngfǎ can mean “method,” “approach,” or just “way of doing something.”
Kěshì, wǒ yào yòng yīge xīnde fāngfǎ lái jiāo nǐmen .
Zhè jù huà kěyǐ yòng biéde fāngfǎ ma ？
2. Màn zǒu is a common expression used to when people are leaving. It is equivalent to saying “Drive safely” in English. It is generally wishing someone a safe trip home.
3. While xiǎng means “to think,” xiǎng dào can be thought of as meaning “to realize” as in what you were thinking of has now “arrived.”
4. We can see that yīnggāi which we have seen as meaning “should” in the past, can also mean “probably” as in tā yīnggāi shì gāng bān jiā méi duō jiǔ and suǒyǐ zhège nǚshēng yīnggāi shì dì yī cì lái zhège dìfāng .
5. Jù is the measure word used for sentences, as seen in Zài zhè jù huà lǐmiàn .
6. The construction “yī biān action yī biān action” is used to describe two actions that are performed at the same time, as shown in Zhè yàng tā kěyǐ yī biān chīfàn ， yī biān kàn diànshì .
7. Both and yòu and zài refer to again. However the former is used in sentences that describe the past, such as in Zhège nǚshēng yòu wèn le nàge nánshēng yīge wèntí whereas the latter is used for sentences describing the future such as in Suǒyǐ tā juéde bú yào zài jìxù wèn nàge nánshēng wèntǐ bǐjiào hǎo or even zàijiàn which literally means “see you again” (in the future).
8. In Nàxiē guìzi gǎnjué dōu shì tóng yī zhǒng kuǎnshì , gǎnjué refers to the feeling of the sentence. We see a similar usage in Zài zhège jùzi lǐ ， wǒmen kěyǐ gǎnjué dào ， nàge nánshēng juéde zhège nǘshēng wèn de wèntí tài duō le . where the feeling of the overall situation is being described.
9. Luàn is used as an adverb in A, rúguǒ tāde dōngxī luàn fàng .
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