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ID: 4005
Elementary
In today's elementary class we teach you lots of "time spent doing" sentences, for example, "I have been studying for X amount of time", or "Yesterday, I read my book until....
e.g:
昨天 我 看书 看到 9点
Time Phrase VO V 到 TIME
Yesterday I read book, read until 9 o'clock
Fiona Tian,Gwilym
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 加班 | jiābān | to work overtime | |
| 好 | hǎo | very | |
| 留 | liú | stay | |
| 走 | zǒu | to leave |
我昨天加班加到九点好累
wǒ 我zuótiān 昨天jiābān 加班jiādào 加到jiǔ diǎn 九点hǎo 好lèi 累
Yesterday I worked overtime until 9 O'clock. I'm so tired.
我没有加班但是我看电影看到十一点也累
wǒ 我méiyǒu 没有jiābān 加班dànshì 但是wǒ 我kàn diànyǐng 看电影kàndào 看到shíyī diǎn 十一点yě 也lèi 累
I didn't work overtime, but I watched films until 11. I'm also tired.
前天晚上你们在豆豆家唱歌唱到几点
qiántiān 前天wǎnshang 晚上nǐmen 你们zài 在dòudòu 豆豆jiā 家chànggē 唱歌chàng 唱dào 到jǐ diǎn 几点
What time did you guys sing karaoke to at Doudou's house the evening before last?
唱到九点吧但我留到十点才走
chàng 唱dào 到jiǔ diǎn 九点ba 吧dàn 但wǒ 我liú 留dào 到shí diǎn 十点cái 才zǒu 走
We sang until around 9, but I didn't leave until 10.
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