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39 Talking about duration and frequency
1 Rewrite the following sentences, adding the duration phrase that follows in
parentheses.
Example:ᡇԀཟᲐрᜩⵁ⭫㿼ȾжѠቅᰬ)
ᡇԀཟᲐрᜩⵁ䴱㿌Ⱦжفቅᱸ)
Ww jqntion wtnshang xitng kàn diànshì. (yq gè xitoshí)
→
ᡇԀཟᲐрᜩⵁжѠቅᰬⲺ⭫㿼Ⱦ
ᡇԀཟᲐрᜩⵁжفቅᱸⲺ䴱㿌Ⱦ
Ww jqntion wtnshang xitng kàn yq gè xitoshí de diànshì.
a. ᡇᢉ㇍൞ѣളᆜѣള䈓Ⱦжᒪ
ᡇᢉ㇍൞ѣുᆮѣു䂧Ⱦжᒪ
Wi dfsuan zài Zhdngguó xué Zhdngguó huà. (yc nián)
I plan to study Chinese in China for a year.
b. ᆜ⭕∅ཟ㠩ቇᗍᆜҖȾпѠ䫕ཪ
ᆮ⭕∅ཟ㠩ቇᗍᆮ㘈Ⱦпف䩎乣
Xuésheng mgitian zhìshfo dgi xuéxí. (san gè zhdngtóu)
The students should study at least three hours every day.
c. ᡇᐨ㔅ᅀҼԌҼȾӂॷ࠼䫕
ᡇᐨ㏉ᅀҼԌҼȾӂॷ࠼䦴
Wi yhjing dgng le ta le. (èrshí fbn zhdng)
I’ve already waited for him for twenty minutes.
d. ᱞཟᲐрθᡇቧ㿿ҼȾњѠ䫕ཪ
ᱞཟᲐрθᡇቧ㿰ҼȾفޟ䩎乣
Zuótian wfnshang wi jiù shuì jiào le. (lifng gè zhdngtóu)
Last night I only slept for two hours.
e. ֖∅ཟᲐрᓊ䈛㿿ȾޡѠ䫕ཪ
֖∅ཟᲐр䂨㿰Ⱦفޡ䩎乣
Nh mgitian wfnshang ycnggai shuì jiào. (ba gè zhdngtóu)
You should sleep eight hours every night.