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ID: 2740 Elementary
You're stuck in a traffic jam and you are staring to wonder whether you are ever going to reach your destination. Tune in to this BRIDGE lesson to see the tricky "了" in action, learn some very useful conversation fillers and the V. 得了 structure.
Gwilym,Fiona Tian
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
已经 yǐjīng already
只 zhǐ only
往前 wǎngqián to move forward
公里 gōngli kilometer
已经二十分钟了我们只往前了五公里
yǐjīng 已经èrshí fēnzhōng 二十分钟le 了wǒmen 我们zhǐ 只wǎngqián 往前le 了wǔ 五gōngli 公里
It's already been 20 minutes. We've only moved forward 5km.
我们六点以前到得了餐厅吗
wǒmen 我们liù diǎn 六点yǐqián 以前dào 到deliǎo 得了cāntīng 餐厅ma 吗
Do you think we'll be able to get to the restaurant before 6pm?
很难说可能过了两个路口就不堵了
hěn 很nánshuō 难说kěnéng 可能guò le 过了liǎng 两ge 个lùkǒu 路口jiù 就bù 不dǔ 堵le 了
It's hard to say. It's possible that after two intersections, there won't be a traffic jam.
怎么堵得这么厉害
zěnme 怎么dǔ 堵de 得zhème 这么lìhai 厉害
How can there be such a big traffic jam here?
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