This post is part of a new series I'm going to do, which will probably constitute the bulk of my posts for the next month or so. Because I'm so pressed for time and energy during this busy work season, I'm going to post my Chinese homework.
This is my self-assigned rijiben (日记本, journal). To give you an idea what's going on: first I quickly outline my day in bulleted English; then on my computer I roughly compose the text you see below in pinyin (拼音, Latinized Chinese pronunciations); after which I handwrite it, this time with tone markings (which are beyond annoying to insert on my computer, hence why they're absent below); and finally review with my teacher for grammar and vocabulary.
Since the pinyin I type in OSX TextEdit has no tone markings and will therefore be pretty much incomprehensible to everyone, this series will primarily amount to an art project. If you're someone who is curious what the general letters and sounds of Chinese look like in English, then you'll probably dig this extra hard. Enjoy!
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wo zuotian xiuxi yinwei wo hai youdian bing[le], ranhou wo jintian zaoshang ganjue geng jiankang.
shi’yi dian wo shangban. dang wo qi zixingche de shihou, wo zheme leng wo toutengle.
wo daole yihou, wo faxian wo jieshoule yizhang youdide heka.
zhezhang cong wo nupengyou fale, suoyi wo feichang gaoxingle.
[zai] heka limian shi yige xin, [which is that] wo nupengyou feichang xiang wo.
ranhou wo gei ta fa weixin gaosu ta wo jieshoule tade heka, ranhou ta ye hen kaixin.
ranhou, wo tongshi gaosu wo [that] womende di san ge[usage] xuesheng jieshoule tade “college acceptance letter”[vocab, see Sat class notes].
zhege xinxi feichang hao, yinwei ta xian yinggai nian nage daxue[le], suoyi women buyao gei ta zuo [ling]gengduo gongzuo.
ranhou wo bangzhu wode xuesheng, jiao Jin Shaoming, kaishi xie tade xiayizhang[usage] daxue shenqingde wenzhang.
guo yihuir[vocab] women tongshimen cong bangongshide fuwuyuanmen dou jieshoule hen duo tiande liwu, keneng yinwei shengdanjie kuaiyao dao.
xiawu wo zuo[de] hen mang.
liu dian yidian[usage] yihou wo chuqu wo fudao yingwende xuesheng.
hai youdian leng, danshi wo qi zixingche dao ta Xintiandide bangongshi.
women zhejieke dasuan taolun yingwen[de] keshumingci, danshi tongku hui wo duzi, suoyi women tongyi[de] xiakele.
ranhou wo hui wo ziji[de] bangongshi.
guo yihuir[vocab] wo ting zai chuanr fanguan jie wode wanfan.
dang wo diancaide shihou, wo faxianle naxie doufu chuanr shi bingde
(yinwei tamen baitian zuo tamende chuanr, ranhou lengdong[de] yihuir mai).
dui wo lai shuo zhege dongxi feichang haoxiao, suoyi wo gaosule laoban:
“nimen zheli you bingkuai chuanr!”
ta juede wode xiaohua duoshao haoxiao, suoyi wo hen manyile.
haole.
