Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar Workbook (2nd Edition)

Talking about duration and frequency

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c. Ԍ䐕ԌⲺྩᵁਁ䈪䈓䈪ҼњѠ䫕ཪҼȾ

Ԍ䐕ԌⲺྩᵁਁ䃠䂧䃠Ҽفޟ䩎乣ҼȾ

Ta gbn ta de nn péngyou shud huà shud le lifng gè zhdngtóu le.

He spoke with his girlfriend for two hours.

d. ᡇᅀᕕᕕᐨ㔅ᅀҼঀѠቅᰬҼȾ

ᡇᅀᕕᕕᐨ㏉ᅀҼঀفቅᱸҼȾ

Wi dgng dìdi yhjing dgng le bàn gè xifoshí le.

I’ve already been waiting for my younger brother for half an hour.

e. Ԍᐨ㔅൞ѣളօҼњᒪҼȾ

Ԍᐨ㏉൞ѣുօҼޟᒪҼȾ

Ta yhjing zài Zhdngguó zhù le lifng nián le.

He has already lived in China for two years.

f. ԌᮏҜᮏҼॷᒪҼȾ

ԌᮏᴮᮏҼॷᒪҼȾ

Ta jiao she jiao le shí nián le.

He has taught for ten years.

➪ 39.1.2

4 The following sentences all indicate ongoing actions. Translate them into
English.
a. ྾྾൞ڐ侣ઘȾ
ჳჳ൞ڐ伥ઘȾ
Mama zài zuò fàn ne.
b. ֖ⵁέޢണ䠂ᴿᖾཐӰ൞䐩㡔ઘȾ
֖ⵁέޢൈ㼅ᴿᖾཐӰ൞䐩㡔ઘȾ
Nh kàn! Gdngyuán lh yiu hgn dud rén zài tiào wj ne.
c. 䈭֖൞䘏ݵᅀ⵶ᡇȾ
䄁֖൞䙏ވᅀ㪍ᡇȾ
Qhng nh zài zhèr dgngzhe wi.
d. ֖ᆟᆆ䘎൞㗄ളᆜҖ੍ϋ
֖ᆟᆆ䚺൞㗄ുᆮ㘈ఄϋ
Nh háizi hái zài Mgiguó xuéxí ma?
e. ྯࡦ⧦൞䘎⋗ᴿ㔉႐ઘȾ
ྯࡦ⨴൞䚺⋈ᴿ㎆႐ઘȾ
Ta dào xiànzài hái méi yiu jiéhen ne.
➪ 17.2, 39.2.1