Lesson 11: 我要租房子

Wǒ yào zū fángzi
Term: 108-1
Instructor: Cuifen Chen
租 zū (v.) to rent, hire; rent out, let out, lease
 As a verb: 租房子， 租車 As a noun: 租金， 房租，
租不起 (cannot afford to rent) / 租得起 zū de qǐ phr. can afford
the rent
e.g. 房租太貴， 我租不起
e.g. 他租了一個房間。
e.g. 他租的房子怎麼樣？
e.g. 我在公司附近租了房子。
e.g. 我想和他合租這個房間。 Wó xiǎng hé tā hézū zhè ge fángjiān. (phr. I
want to rent the room with him together.)
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房東 fángdōng (landlord) vs.
房客 fángkè (tenant)

 我的房東很好，經常幫助我。
 房租已經 (already) 給房東了。 Fángzū yǐjīng gěi
fángdōngle.
超市 Chāoshì vs. (supermarket)

傳統市場 Chuántǒng shìchǎng (local market)

超市 :Wellcome, Jasons Market Place, PX Mart

傳統市場
走路 zǒulù (V-sep). walk, go on foot

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 走了好遠的路， 累死我了。 Zǒule hǎo yuǎn de lù,
lèi sǐ wǒ le. (It ’s been a long way, I ’m exhausted.)
就 jiù
 週六就我們兩個人去游泳。 On Saturday, only the two of us will go swimming.
 就他認識那位老師，別人都不認識。 Jiù tā rèn shi nà wèi lǎo
shī , bié rén dōu bú rèn shi . Only he knows that teacher. Nobody else
knows (that teacher).
 我就買這件 (jiàn) 。 I'll buy this one.
 我就買兩件。 I will only buy two (clothes).
(件 jiàn m. a measure word for clothes, events etc.)
到
 到 as a verb
e.g. 到家以後我給你打 (dǎ) 電話。 I will call you when I arrive home.
e.g. 你到哪兒？ Nǐ dào nǎr ? Where are you going?
e.g. 到了台灣以後要好好照顧 (zhàogù / take care) 自己。
 到 used after a verb to indicate an action's result
e.g. 你有沒有買到票 ? (Did you get the ticket?)
e.g. 我買到票了 . (I succeeded in buying the ticket./ I bought the ticket.)
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回去 huí qù (v. go back)

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想 xiǎng (V. to think)

e.g. 讓我想一想。 Ràng wó xiǎng yi xiǎng (Let me think.)

e.g. 我想起來了。 Wó xiáng qǐ lái le .(I remembered./I
recalled.)
再 zài (adv.)

 in addition; (indicating an action happens after a period of time

or another action) then, only then; (in conditional or
suppositional clauses) if ... continues, even if ... Continues
e.g. 我想休息一下兒再繼續工作。 Wó xiǎng xiūxi yí xiàr zài
jìxù gōngzuò (I want to have a rest and then go on with my
work.)
e.g. 我打算先工作兩年再回學校讀書。 (I plan to work for two
years first, and then go back to school to study.)
給 (prep.) for, to (indicating the recipient of
an action)

e.g. 請給我寫信。 Qíng géi wó xiě xìn (Please write a

letter to me.)
e.g. 給我打電話。 Géi wó dǎ diàn huà (Call me, give
me a call.)
*When you see a verb, then 給 +person is the target.
給 as a verb

e.g. 請給我兩杯紅酒。 Qíng géi wó liǎng bēi hóng jiǔ . (Two

glasses of red wine, please.)
* In this sentence, 給 is a verb followed by objects.