Class Shenanigans #6

Class shenanigans #6

Or in other words how I could have failed my speaking exam.

My speaking teacher decided to create a separate groupchat for our speaking class so that the material wouldn't get all mixed up, and she sent me a request to add her on wechat, so that she could add me to the groupchat. I added her back, but she didn't add me to the chat so I thought she'd add me later and forgot about this matter.

But as it turns out she didn't, and now less than a week away from the exam I started worrying because most of the information such as the exam time, content etc. was being shared exclusively in the chat so after class I asked her about this issue.

Turns out she thought I didn't add her back (I did) because she didn't recognize my username (my actual non-chinese name), and my profile picture, which was of this cheeky smirking cat 😭

It ended up being resolved, with me joining the groupchat but it's just a tad hysterical that all this was because of my profile picture.

Moral of the story: If you don't use your actual picture and insist on having smirking cats as your profile pics, use a name that everyone else can recognize.

Update: I will be taking the HSK4 exam in September at my home university, as I can do HSK and HSKK separately or not do the HSKK at all, which is not an option at my exchange uni here.

Considering my past attempt, I think leaving the HSKK part alone for the foreseeable future is for the best, as my nervous system is unlikely to withstand another computer on-campus speaking exam.

Pondering whether or not to re-take the HSK4 exam (without the speaking this time) since I failed to meet the passing mark by around 10 points last time and I refuse to believe that the past few months of studying wouldn't be able to give me that boost.

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Study Musings #1

Trying to finish my presentation and inevitably spending at least half an hour trying to pick the perfect template only to finally end up choosing the original template that I was considering.

P-Verbs in Chinese

Most commonly used verbs starting with P in Chinese!

Participate - 参加 - cānjiā

Perform - 表演 - biǎoyǎn

Persuade - 劝说 - quànshuō

Plan - 计划 - jìhuà

Play - 玩 - wán

Point out - 指出 - zhǐchū

Prepare - 准备 - zhǔnbèi

Present - 展示 - zhǎnshì

Prevent - 防止 - fángzhǐ

Produce - 生产 - shēngchǎn

Promise - 承诺 - chéngnuò

Protect - 保护 - bǎohù

Provide - 提供 - tígōng

Publish - 发布 - fābù

Pull - 拉 - lā

Push - 推 - tuī

Put down - 放下 - fàngxià

Pay - 付款 - fùkuǎn

Practice - 练习 - liànxí

O- Verbs in Chinese

Here are some of the most commonly used O-verbs in Chinese!

Obey - 服从 (Fúcóng)

Object - 反对 (Fǎnduì)

Observe - 观察 (Guānchá)

Obtain - 获得 (Huòdé)

Occur - 发生 (Fāshēng)

Offer - 提供 (Tígōng)

Open - 打开 (Dǎkāi)

Optimize - 优化 (Yōuhuà)

Order - 命令 (Mìnglìng)

Order (at a restaurant) 点 (Diǎn)

Organize - 组织 (Zǔzhī)

Originate - 起源 (Qǐyuán）

Overcome - 克服 (Kèfú)

Overflow - 溢出 (Yìchū)

Overhaul - 检修 (Jiǎnxiū)

Overheat - 过热 (Guòrè)

Overlook - 忽视 (Hūshì)

Oversee - 监督 (Jiāndū）

Overthrow - 推翻 (Tuīfān)

Owe - 欠 (Qiàn)

Own - 拥有 (Yōngyǒu)

Outline - 概述 (Gàishù)