New city, new flat

The lesson’s vocabulary

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• 搬家
  bānjiā

  to move house; to relocate; to remove (sth)

• 搬
  bān

  to move (i.e. relocate oneself)

• 箱子
  xiāngzi

  suitcase; chest; box

• 楼下
  lóu xià

  downstairs

• 厨房
  chúfáng

  kitchen

• 碗
  wǎn

  bowl; cup

• 盘子
  pánzi

  tray; plate; dish

• 除了
  chúle

  apart from; besides

• 以外
  yǐwài

  apart from; other than; except for

• 而且
  érqiě

  (not only ...) but also; moreover; in addition

• 离
  lí

  to leave; to part from; to be away from

• 决定
  juédìng

  to decide; to determine; decision

• 办公室
  bàngōngshì

  office; business premises

• 环境
  huánjìng

  environment; circumstances; surroundings

• 换
  huàn

  to exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute

• 门口
  ménkǒu

  doorway; gate

• 站
  zhàn

  station; branch of a company or organization; website

• 房东
  fángdōng

  landlord

• 钥匙
  yàoshi

  key

• 交
  jiāo

  to hand over; to deliver; to make friends

• 放
  fàng

  to put; to place; to release

• 挂
  guà

  to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc)

• 墙
  qiáng

  wall

• 邻居
  línjū

  neighbor

• 房租
  fángzū

  rent for a room or house

• 收拾
  shōushi

  to put in order; to tidy up; to pack

• 干净
  gānjìng

  clean; neat

• 客厅
  kètīng

  living room; sitting room

• 沙发
  shāfā

  (loanword) sofa

• 地图
  dìtú

  map

• 城市
  chéngshì

  city; town

• 行李
  xíngli

  luggage

The lesson’s grammar

• The 把 sentence: doing something to an object

  Subject + 把 + Object + Verb + complement (了 / result / direction…)

• 把 + Verb + 在 / 到 / 给: placing, moving, handing over

  Subject + 把 + Object + Verb + 在 / 到 + place ｜ 给 + person

• Compound directional complements: 上来, 下去, 进来, 出去…

  Verb + 上/下/进/出/回/过/起 + 来/去

• Apart from…: 除了……以外

  除了 A (以外)，B 都… ｜ 除了 A (以外)，还/也 B

• Existential sentences: 桌子上放着…, 来了一位…

  Place + Verb + 着 / 了 + (number + measure word) + Noun