Name: はじめに-3.中国語 (Introduction-3.Chinese)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T06:06:34.000Z
Duration: 5 min 41 s
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基礎受動態

転換語

your tongue will touch your  teeth, or almost touch.

Send, sent: from d- to t- to  make past tense.

spend, spent: from d- to t- to  make past tense.

So, don't forget dts are  interchangeable.

From sit come the words seat,  saddle, settee, and sedan.

Now you may see that i- in sit  changes into ea- in seat,

And t- in sit becomes d- in  saddle and sedan.

So, I use two rules: aeiou and  dts, interchangeable.

As you can see, 'sess' is a word root, which means sit.

A word root from Greek 'cid-',  meaning falling down, also comes from 'sit.'

Perhaps when you sit down, your  body will falls down at the same time.

Occident means the west, where  the sun falls down.

This is the place where the sun  falls down.

This is the place the sun sets,  the west.

An accident is something that  falls down unexpectedly,

In other words, we don't know  such a thing will happen.

An incident is something that  falls down within our  expectation.

We know such a thing may happen  and it did happen.

One of my favorite movies is  'Sinjuki Incident.'

The police know such a thing  will happen.

From feet, we gain two word  roots, ped- and pet-.

Both roots share the meaning of  feet and walking.

For example, a pedal is  something you put your foot on.

Whenever you see an ex- in the  front of a word,

you know it means 'out,' 'go  out, walk out.'

In a game, many players compete  together for a prize.

Com- is short for 'come' which  means 'together'.

When you try to gather people,  you will say, 'Come! Come!  Come!'

Therefore, compete means 'play  together for a very specific  goal.

And a competent person is able  to win in a game.