同学们好！
This week, we learned a song called “老鼠爱大米.” It is a touching song about a person’s professions of love to his partner! From the lyrics, we learned some new vocabulary as well as grammar structures. The handout we gave out has all the lyrics, vocabulary, and grammar, but here’s a quick review!
Key Vocabulary
| 卡拉OK | Kǎ lā OK | karaoke |
| 不断 | Bùduàn | constant, unceasing |
| 爱情 | Àiqíng | romantic love |
| 努力 | Nǔlì | effort |
| 不管 | Bùguǎn | regardless of; no matter what |
| 依然 | Yīrán | still |
Grammar
- Doubling an adjective turns it into an adverb. For example:
我会加倍努力好好对你
Wǒ huì jiābèi nǔlì hǎohǎo duì nǐ
我会轻轻在你耳边对你说…
Wǒ huì qīng qīng zài nǐ ěr biān duì nǐ shuō… - The progressive (-ing) is formed by adding 着 zhe to a verb. For example:
爱着 你~
Àizhe nǐ ~
想着你~
Xiǎngzhe nǐ ~ - Similes are formed using the word 像 xiàng between the two clauses being compared. For example:
我爱你就像老鼠爱大米
Wǒ ài nǐ jiù xiàng lǎoshǔ ài dàmǐ
Homefun
Practice singing! Here is the Karaoke version of the song!