【北海道Hokkaido生活】
5月5日木曜日　天気/晴れ　気温/13℃ 

旭川市/あさひかわし
・4日「20才を祝うつどい」があった。
・本当は、今年1月10日「成人式」だったけど、コロナのせいでできなかった。
・今年4月1日から、法律が変わった。18才からが大人になった。
・だから、20才は「成人式」ではなく、「20才を祝うつどい」に変わった。

［単語］
20才/はたち
つどい…人が集まる
成人/せいじん…大人
式/しき…関係する人が集まって、お祝いをする。
コロナ/ころな…COVID19
法律/ほうりつ…国が決める約束

レッスン待ってます♪


北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#53〉5月5日木曜日　20才のお祝い！

An interrogative sentence with a choice-type question uses “háishi 还是”(or) to connect choice A and choice B. The responder needs to choose A or B.
For example：
nǐ shì lǎo shī hái shì xué shenɡ ？ 
你是老师还是学生？Are you a teacher or a student?

tā xué xí hàn yǔ hái shì hán yǔ ？ 
她学习汉语还是韩语？Does she study Chinese or Korean?

shū diàn zài zuǒ biɑn hái shì yòu biɑn ？ 
书店在左边还是右边？Is the bookstore on the left or the right?

xiàn zài qù chāo shì hái shì xià wǔ qù ？ 
现在去超市还是下午去？Go to the supermarket now or in the afternoon?

JOJO CHINESE

Choice-type Question

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