Two random grammar questions
xiaophil
December 17, 2009, 01:49 AM posted in I Have a QuestionA Chinese student said to me the other day "almost new". I got to thinking, how would I say that in Chinese? I think I would say, 崭新差不多. However, can I say 几乎新的?
I sometimes want to express something similar to this: "I aleady have five of them."
Which is right:
- 我已经有五个了。
- 我已经有了五个。
- 我已经有了五个了。
This really is another 了 question. I know that 已经 and 了 go hand-in-hand, but because I read before that 了 generally does not go with 有 to express completed action as 有 is a state and not an action, I am not sure what to do with the 了.
yuanyun
December 17, 2009, 02:44 AM"almost new"
你可以理解为 "差不多是全新的",or "几乎是全新的""几乎是崭新的"
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这3个意思都是一样的...
中国人也都这么说,
不过我们通常会选择说,"我已经有5个了" ,
hihi ,大家都选择最简短的说法.