Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar Workbook (2nd Edition)

SITUATIONS AND FUNCTIONS

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f. ᡇ∅ཟⵁᣛȾжѠঀቅᰬ

ᡇ∅ཟⵁ๧Ⱦжفঀቅᱸ

Wi mgitian kàn bào. (yc gè bàn xifoshí)

I read the newspaper for one and a half hours every day.

g. ᡇ∅ཟᲐр੢丩҆ȾжѠ䫕ཪ

ᡇ∅ཟᲐр㚳丩‸Ⱦжف䩎乣

Wi mgitian wfnshang tcng ycnyuè. (yc gè zhdngtou)

I listen to music for an hour every night.

➪ 39.1

2 In complete Mandarin sentences, explain how long it has been that ⧁᱄
Wáng Míng has not done the following.
Example: Wang Ming has not eaten
Chinese food in a month.

→ ⧁᱄ᴿжѠᴾ⋗ਹѣള侣Ⱦ

⧁᱄ᴿжفᴾ⋈ਹѣു伥Ⱦ

Wáng Míng ywu yq gè yuè méi

chq Zhrngguó fàn.

a. seen a movie – one month

b. gone home – one year

c. gone to class – five days

d. spoken – 45 minutes

e. slept – 36 hours

f. played ball – two weeks

➪ 39.1.4

3 Rewrite these sentences so that the duration phrase is expressed with ᴿ ywu.

Example:ྯⵁ⭫㿼ᐨ㔅ⵁҼњѠቅᰬҼȾ → ྯⵁ⭫㿼ᐨ㔅ᴿњѠቅᰬҼȾ

ྯⵁ䴱㿌ᐨ㏉ⵁҼفޟቅᱸҼȾ ྯⵁ䴱㿌ᐨ㏉ᴿفޟቅᱸҼȾ

To kàn diànshì yvjing kàn le To kàn diànshì yvjing ywu

litng gè xitoshí le. litng gè xitoshí le.

She’s already been watching television for two hours.

a. ྯ֒ߏᮽᐨ㔅ߏҼжѠᴾҼȾ

ྯሡ֒ᮽᐨ㏉ሡҼжفᴾҼȾ

Ta xig zuòwén yhjing xig le yc gè yuè le.

He’s already been writing the essay for a month.

b. ԌԢᢉ⨹ᢉҼпѠቅᰬȾ

Ԍهᢉ⨹ᢉҼпفቅᱸȾ

Tamen df qiú df le san gè xifoshí.

They have been playing ball for three hours.

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