Learn Chinese with Brice: Accessories & Emotions

Hi, Brice!

Hahaha!

Are you ready for your second lesson?

Yeah.

It's summer now.

It's so hot, so hot.

It's uncomfortable having class.

Right, what do you think I should do?

Why are you "wearing" so many "things"?

You should say wearing so many "things" (not "matters").

Wearing so many things.

It's not "wear" (chuan)! I "wear" (dai) [accessories], right? I'm wearing...

Wearing a lot of things.

Wearing this, this, and this.

It's very uncomfortable.

I'm wearing a hat right now, so I'm sweating a lot.

Right, sweating.

So, let's review.

What should I do?

You should take off your hat.

Take off the hat, right?

Yes, exactly, that's better.

And I don't want to wear this thing during class either.

Right, you can take off your glasses.

Take off the glasses, yes, take off the glasses.

Very handsome, right?

Hahaha!

I also have a very nice bracelet, but it's uncomfortable.

So what should I do?

Take off your bracelet.

Take off the bracelet.

Yes, take it off.

It's great now, very comfortable now.

But I'm still sweating a little.

Sweating a little.

So, Brice,

Do you worry often?

Do you worry often?

It depends. I think...

Worry about what kind of things?

Worrying that I want to do too many things.

Right.

But... not having enough time.

Really? No time.

Also, I need to take a break.

And relax a bit.

When you worry, what do you do?

Do you pace back and forth at home? Pacing back and forth.

No.

Now I try to meditate.

Meditation is good.

Yeah, right.

When you meditate, you don't think about anything?

Or do you keep overthinking things?

I try not to let my mind wander.

But of course, it happens.

You must get pretty bored when you meditate.

Because you can't do anything.

When you meditate,

you should focus on your breathing.

Ah, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.

So if you focus on your breathing,

you won't let your mind wander.

Then besides meditation,

do you also like to do sports, or

work out?

Uh-huh.

What kind of exercise do you do?

What kind of sport? Running.

Running? So do you run around every morning?

It depends.

Usually, it's "running to" somewhere.

And then just running a loop.

Yes, yes, yes, so you can run laps.

Running laps, running laps. You find a sports field...

...and run laps around that field.

No, no, just a...

You can look at your map.

To see what roads are on the map.

Mm-hmm.

What roads there are.

Right, right, right, right, and then you can...

So you don't run the same route, you run a loop, right?

Right, right, right, because if it's the same route...

...you'd be running back and forth.

Right, right, right.

That's great! When you're worried, you can...

...relax, meditate, or go for a run.

Then, what if you're very angry?

Not worried, but when you're angry.

Would you do this?

What is this called?

"Throwing"—throwing your cup against the wall, right?

Smashing it against the wall, right?

On the wall.

Wall.

Just "qiang," the wall.

Would you smash a cup against the wall?

I wouldn't throw a cup against the wall.

"Throwing" against the wall is very gentle; you smash it against the wall.

Because "throwing" is just tossing it over.

Right? Tossing it over.

But when you're angry,

you would "smash" the cup against the wall.

You wouldn't do that, right?

I'm relatively calm. I'm a pretty calm person.

So when you're angry, you don't yell either, right?

No! No!

You wouldn't yell something like, "I'm so angry I could die!" right?

No, no.

That's great! Then, if I got very angry,

and smashed a cup against the wall,

what would happen to the cup?

The cup was "smashed..." by me?

Smashed + what?

Smashed?

This cup would turn into pieces,

right? These are "fragments" (suipian).

("Suipian" is a noun), but "sui" is a resultative complement.

The cup was smashed to pieces by me.

Broken into pieces.

Smashed to pieces.

Why is it not smashed "broken" (po)?

Why is it smashed "shattered" (sui)?

Probably because there would be many tiny fragments.

Fragments.

Right.

If it were smashed "broken" (po),

the cup would still be in one piece. Maybe it just chipped here.

OK.

What is this piece of?

A piece of paper.

Right, this paper. What did I just do to this paper?

What did I do to this paper?

I don't know. "Tore it" (nong po le)?

Torn / Ruined.

This paper is still in one piece, right? It's still there.

Yes, yes, yes, I tore this paper, tore it.

So this paper was torn by me.

Torn.

Right, now I'm going to...

Do you know this?

Um... "Shattered? Smashed to pieces?"

No!

"Sui" is the result. "Sui" is the resultative complement.

Now I "tear." This action is called "tearing" (si) paper.

Tearing paper.

Now I tear paper.

What did I tear this paper into?

How did I tear this paper?

Tear.

Tore it to pieces.

Tore it to pieces.

OK. I smashed the cup to pieces.

And what did I do to the paper?

Tore to pieces.

Tore it to pieces.

Because it was torn to pieces, there are many... fragments?

Fragments.

This class is causing quite a mess.

I have to clean up in a bit.

Hahaha.

I have to clean my house after class.

Too many fragments, too many fragments.

Right, so I can smash to pieces, and I can tear to pieces.

In France,

if someone steals your money,

would you yell?

Or scream?

Or would you chase him?

Chase him?

I think first of all,

I would chase her, but chase her...

...but I should think of yelling.

Right, what would you yell?

You would yell?

"Help me" what?

Help me catch him.

Catch him!

Right, "zhua dao" is also fine. But "zhua dao" implies success,

successfully catching him, whereas "zhua zhu" him...

...has that direct action feel to it.

Catch him! Help me catch him!

Right, you chase him from behind while yelling, right?

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.

Then if you catch him,

since you said you have a good temper,