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Learn Mandarin Chinese – How to say – I feel living in this apartment is very safe, money saving and convenient.

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我觉得住在这间公寓是非常安全，省钱而且方便。
Wǒ juéde zhù zài zhè jiān gōngyù shì fēicháng ānquán , shěngqián érqiě fāngbiàn .
Wǒ (我 pronoun, I) juéde ( 觉得verb, feel) zhù (住 verb, live) zài (在preposition, at or in) zhè (这 pronoun, this) jiān (间 measure word for house and apartment or room) gōngyù ( 公寓 noun, apartment) shì (是 verb, is) fēicháng (非常 adverb, very or really) ānquán (安全 adjective, safe) , shěngqián (省钱 adjective, money saving) érqiě (而且 conjunction, as well as) fāngbiàn (方便 verb, convenient).

Chinese grammar:

What is the differences between 觉得 juéde，认为 rènwéi ，以为 yǐwéi，想 xiǎng, 要 yào and 想要 xiǎng yào ？

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(1) 觉得 juéde means to feel or to think.

It can be the five senses you feel – hearing, sight, touch, smell and taste. Five senses, in Chinese we say them 五种感觉器官 wǔ zhǒng gǎn jué qì guān (five kinds of sensing organs)，or 五官 wǔ guān (five organs) for short.

Touch: 触觉 chù jué
When you feel your head is pretty hot and you think you might have a fever, then you can say:
我觉得我的头很热，我可能发烧了。
Wǒ juéde Wǒ de tóu hěn rè , Wǒ kěnéng fāshāo le .
I feel my head is pretty hot; I think it is likely I got a fever.

Hearing:听觉 tīng jué
When you heard something loud and made you not comfortable in a party, then you can say:
我觉得这个舞会声音很大，很吵。
Wǒ juéde zhè ge wǔhuì shēngyīn hěn dà , hěn chǎo .
I feel this dance party’s noise is pretty loud, very noisy.

Sight:视觉 shì jué
When you see the sunlight is too bright and hurt your eyes, you say:
我觉得太阳光太亮，让我的眼腈不舒服。
Wǒ juéde tài yáng guāng tài liàng , ràng wǒ de yǎn jīng bù shū fu .
I feel the sunshine is too bright, and it makes my eyes not comfortable.

Smell：嗅觉 xiù jué
When you smelled flowers, you feel the wonderful fragrance, you say:
这些花闻起来，我觉得很香。
zhè xiē huā wén qǐlai , Wǒ juéde hěn xiāng .
When I smell these flowers, I feel they are very fragrant.

Taste： 味觉 wèi jué
When you tasted some fresh cherries, you thought they were the best fruit ever, then you say:
这些樱桃尝起来，我觉得真是非常好吃。
zhè xiē yīngtáo cháng qǐlai , Wǒ juéde zhēnshì fēicháng hǎo chī .
These cherries when I ate them, I felt they were really delicious.

Heart: 心 xīn, heart is also one kind of organ, and a very complicated one too.

Beside these five senses, what you feel in your heart you can also use 觉得. For example, you feel the teacher is not fair to you, and treat you not nicely, then you can say:
老师对我不好，对待我不公平。
lǎoshī duì Wǒ bù lún zhī liàn , duìdài Wǒ bù gōngping .
The teacher is not nice to me, he or she treated me unfairly.

If you were in a pitch dark place, you feel scared, then you say:
这个地方黑森森的，真是可怕。
zhè ge dì fang hēi sēn sēn de , zhēn shì kě pà .
This place is pitch dark, really scary.

（2）认为 rènwéi is similar to 觉得, but it is more formal, and more strong. It can be to feel, to think or to believe. It is more like you analyzed the situation a bit, and had your own conclusion.

For example, if your friend got sick for many days, she had fever, coughing, and all body aches, then you would be pretty sure that she or he was having flu.

他发烧，咳嗽，全身酸痛，我认为他一定是得了流行性感冒了。
tā fāshāo , késou , quán shēn suān tòng , Wǒ rènwéi tā yīdìng shì dé le liúxíngxìnggǎnmào le .
He is having a fever, coughing, all body aches; I think he definitely has gotten flu.

If you are a teacher, and you saw your students’ workbooks have identical mistakes on many questions, then you can say:

我认为这两个学生作业互相抄袭。
Wǒ rènwéi zhè liǎng ge xuésheng zuò yè hùxiāng chāoxí .
I think these two students copied each other’s homework.

（3）以为 In classic Chinese, 以为 has more meanings — to believe / to think / to consider / to be under the impression. However, in modern Chinese, most commonly, we used it as – mistakenly think or wrongly presume. For example, you thought he didn’t have a dog, but he actually does.
我以为他没有狗，可是他有。
Wǒ yǐwéi tā méiyǒu gǒu , kěshì tā yǒu .
I thought he did not have a dog, but he has.

You thought a lady is pretty young, but then she told you she is sixty.
我以为她很年轻，可是她已经六十岁了。
Wǒ yǐwéi tā hěn niánqīng , kěshì tā yǐjīng liùshí suì le .
I thought she was very young, but she was already 60 years old.

（4）想 xiǎng has a few meanings － to think, to want, would like to. It is like the desire of wanting to do something, but not necessarily what you desire or want will happen:

You think of someone; let’s say your mother, then you say:
我想我妈妈。
Wǒ xiǎng Wǒ māma .
I miss my mom.

You feel like you want to go out and play, then you say:
我想出去玩。
Wǒ xiǎng chūqù wán.
I would like to go out and play.

You are thirsty and you want to drink a cup of water:
我想喝一杯水。
Wǒ xiǎng hē yī bēi shuǐ .
I would like to drink one cup of water.

Some desire will be unlikely to happen, such as:

我想上太空去旅行。
Wǒ xiǎng shàng tàikōng qù lǚxíng .
I would like to go to outer space for a trip.

我想回到我小时候。
Wǒ xiǎng huídào Wǒ xiǎo shíhou .
I would like to return to my childhood.

（5）要 yào has a few meanings — to want or is going to.

You are short of paper and pencils, and you have to buy some, then you say:

我要去买纸和笔。
Wǒ yào qù mǎi zhǐ hé bǐ .
I want to go to buy paper and pens.

After the class, your classmate asked you where are you going? Then you can say:
A 下课了，你要做什么？
xiàkè le , nǐ yào zuò shénme ?
Class is over; what you want to do?

B 我要去图书馆。
Wǒ yào qù túshūguǎn
I want to go to library.

(6)想要 xiǎng yào means think of wanting something or would like to.

For it is a rainy day, and you don’t like to stay indoor, then you can say:
下雨天不好玩， 我想要出去散步， 可是雨太大。
xiàyǔ tiān bù lún zhī liàn wán , Wǒ xiǎng yào chūqù sànbù , kěshì yǔ tàidà .
Rainy day is not fun; I want to go out to take a walk, but the rains are too big.

When someone offer you a drink, and ask what you would like to drink:

我想要一罐雪碧。
Wǒ xiǎng yào yī guàn xuěbì .
I would like to have a can of sprite.

I Google 想要 for a Chinese song, and this one seems good. Have fun.

蔡旻佑-我想要說 cài ín yòu -Wǒ xiǎng yào shuō – I would like to say

陶晶瑩-想要 Táo Jīngyíng -xiǎng yào I would like to