Guess what! I am learning Chinese!!
italiana
July 10, 2007, 01:51 PM posted in General DiscussionYes it is true. Anyways I want to learn how to say how long I have been learning chinese for. I have been learning for 1 month so would it be:
Wo xue le "1 motnh" zhong wen?
How would I say "1 month"? Xiexie ni!
~Italiana
italiana
July 12, 2007, 03:10 AM谢谢你，人们！ When I said 人们，I was trying to say "people" 人们 as in "ren men". I'm not sure if thats correct though....some [more] help please?
henning
July 10, 2007, 02:36 PMHi italiana, it is always the easiest stuff I struggle most with... ;) But I would say 我已经学中文一个月多了。 wǒ yǐjīng xué zhōngwén yīgè yuè duō le. I already studied Chinese a month more than (+ 了 as an indication of continuation) = I have already studied Chinese for more than a month. Note that 月 needs a 个-classifier: 一个月 While in a year you would say 一年 because 年 is a classifier on its own. If you said 我已经学了中文一个月多。 and put the 了 after the 学 that would make it past (I studied Chinese for a month). Hope that was all correct. Welcome to chinese-grammar wonderland. (:
bazza
July 10, 2007, 03:47 PM我已经学中文一年八个月多了。
bazza
July 10, 2007, 03:52 PMI might add that to my new bilingual myspace page. :)
leviathan
July 10, 2007, 03:54 PMHello italiana Oxford uni, has some great examples of 了 to imply a completed action http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/Lang%20work/Aspect%20notes.htm
henning
July 10, 2007, 06:22 PMSorry, I was all wrong again! Argh! Here comes a native speaker's correction: 我学中文已经一个多月了。 ...or... 我已经学了一个多月的中文了。 Please appreciate the bizarre word order. Speaking of learning progress...
bazza
July 10, 2007, 07:23 PMHow would you fit 一年八个月 into that?
ivyzhang
July 11, 2007, 12:08 AM我学中文已经一年零八个月了．:)
johnb
July 11, 2007, 02:57 AM@Bazza, this is a cheat, but I would probably just say 快两年了 or 二十个月了. I've never felt comfortable with the year + month combos. @ivyzhang, 你真的需要那个”零“吗？ How about 我汉语已经学了一个月了？That double 了 seems to indicate past action that is continuing into the future (I don't really know the rule, but I've got a sort of feel for how it's used).
ivyzhang
July 10, 2007, 02:20 PM1 month= yi ge yue=一个月 ：）
ivyzhang
July 11, 2007, 10:37 AM:) johnb, 有了＂零＂，句子就通顺流畅了很多（the sentence become more fluent after added that word"ling".) But i agree with what u said.
excuter
July 11, 2007, 03:53 PMso both is correct?
bazza
July 11, 2007, 04:06 PMI'll go with "我学中文已经一年零八个月了" I think then. :)
excuter
July 11, 2007, 04:11 PMsooo... you prefer to speak the fluent one (Iguess that´s what we all want: being fluent) :-)
bazza
July 11, 2007, 07:43 PM当然 :)
italiana
July 11, 2007, 10:26 PMSo "Wo xue le Zhongwen yi yue le"， （ “我学了中文一月了。” ） would be okay here?
italiana
July 11, 2007, 10:28 PM"yi yue" 一月 meaning "one month"? 月 = yue = month, correct?
bazza
July 11, 2007, 11:53 PMitaliana, I think ivyzhang's one is probably the best to go with, so for you it would be: 我学中文已经一个月了 wǒ xué zhōngwén yǐjīng yīgè yuè le 已经 = already, and 月 does require the measure word 个
wei1xiao4
July 11, 2007, 09:31 AMMaybe it should be, "Wo3 xue2 le Zhong1wen2 yi1 yue4 le." Did someone say that already?
italiana
July 10, 2007, 01:52 PM*"1 month"