Level 27 - Vocab in Context
47 Lessons
1
或者 in Context
2
记者 in Context
3
猪 in Context
4
猪肉 in Context
5
老 in Context
6
老公 in Context
7
老外 in Context
8
老人 in Context
9
教 in Context
10
口语 in Context
11
语言 in Context
12
汉语 in Context
13
语法 in Context
14
外语 in Context
15
床 in Context
16
起床 in Context
17
饭店 in Context
18
书店 in Context
19
反应 in Context
20
学 in Context
21
小学 in Context
22
中学 in Context
23
大学 in Context
24
学习 in Context
25
同学 in Context
26
学校 in Context
27
教学楼 in Context
28
学院 in Context
29
自学 in Context
30
上学 in Context
31
觉得 in Context
32
该 in Context
33
应该 in Context
34
孩子 in Context
35
女孩 in Context
36
男孩 in Context
37
小孩 in Context
38
水 in Context
39
水果 in Context
40
冰 in Context
41
冰水 in Context
42
求 in Context
43
要求 in Context
44
球 in Context
45
地球 in Context
46
打球 in Context
救 in Context
Next Character
救 in Context
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The Character You Just Learned is Also a Common Word!
Usage 1 - "to save, to rescue ":
Sentence：
我救了她，她想报答我。
English:
I saved her and she wants to pay me back.
Top-Down Words:
报答 bàodá - to repay (a kindness)
Sentence：
我今天救了两只腿受伤的狗。
English:
Today I saved two dogs whose legs were hurt.
Top-Down Words:
腿 tuǐ - leg
受伤 shòushāng - to suffer and injury, to get injured
*Sentence：
因为超人可以保护地球，还可以飞来飞去救人。
English:
Because Superman can protect Earth and can also save people by flying around.
Top-Down Words:
超人 chāorén - superman
保护 bǎohù - to protect, to defend
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Alex Sumray
I'm rather struggling with this one;
我今天救了两只腿受伤的狗。
The grammar in this just seems so alien..not to re-invent 中文语法, but wouldn't;
我今天救了两只的狗腿受伤make more sense for all involved!?Mandarin Blueprint
Hey Alex, great question, let's break it down:
我·救·狗
Here is your basic sentence. I'm betting the adding "今天“ and "了" isn't confusing, so let's add those in:
我·今天·救了·狗。
Everything else is simply modifying 狗. How many dogs?
我·今天·救了·两只狗。
OK, so it was two dogs, but do they have any other characteristics?
我·今天·救了·两只·腿受伤的·狗。
Ah, they are two dogs with wounded legs! No wonder you saved them ;-)Alex Sumray
Ah, fab.
Thanks very much your breakdown, most helpful (as ever!).MB Team
Here's the link to where Phil & Luke talked about this comment in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86aqw4g8EOE&t=1335s
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Level 22
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Level 28
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George J 🤝
Sort of related to Alex's question. I often see alternative word orders with descriptors and measure words. In this sentence we have (number) + measure word + descriptor + noun (两只腿受伤的狗). In other cases I'm sure I've come across descriptor + (number) + measure word + noun which in this case would be 腿受伤的两只狗. So am I imagining things or are both structures possible and if so is there a difference in emphasis? Thanks.
Mandarin Blueprint
Yes, both structures are OK. My 语法感 tells me that the first one is emphasizing that it was *two* dogs whereas the other is emphasizing the injured legs. This definitely falls into the category of "interesting linguistic analysis," but knowing this type of subtle difference is highly unlikely to be relevant to your output.
George J 🤝
Thanks for the explanation.
John McCann
I am somewhat confused. You have added 47 "in context", with new characters, and no pronounciation guides, are these on the Anki decks for Level 27?? Sometimes the characters are related, but other times, what is the reason there are som many "in context"... I think in an earlier statement you said that we only need to learn for now characters which have an 80% frequency, so does that mean that all 47 of these "in context" are NOT important to learn or retain???
Mandarin Blueprint
Hey John, I think there's some confusion here because I'm having trouble understanding what you mean. The first half of each level is based around The Hanzi Movie Method and Living Link vocab learning. The second half of the level is those same characters and words "in the context" of sentences. They're all important to retain, so I'm not sure why you are under the impression that they are "not important to learn or retain." They're the very words and characters learned earlier in the level.
John McCann
Oh, ok, I was confused. Yes, you are right. Thanks for following up.