LEARN + CHINESE / 41 of 300 HSK 2
Run Well, Been There, Still Waiting例 · 我没有读过他的小说
Your friend runs fast, has visited Beijing before, and leaves the door open. 得 describes how an action goes, 过 looks back on an experience, and 着 keeps a state in view. They sit in different places around the verb, so one example at a time makes their jobs easier to tell apart.
我没有读过他的小说，我哥哥也没有。
wǒ méiyǒu dú guò tā de xiǎoshuō， wǒ gēge yě méiyǒu。
I haven't read his novel, and my brother hasn't either.
她跑得很快，没过多久就到终点了。
tā pǎo de hěn kuài, méi guò duōjiǔ jiù dào zhōngdiǎn le.
She ran very fast and reached the finish line before long.
我会在这里等着他回来。
wǒ huì zài zhèlǐ děng zhe tā huílái。
I’ll wait here for him to come back.
你去过这家店吗？我只来过一次。
nǐ qù guo zhè jiā diàn ma? wǒ zhǐ lái guo yí cì.
Have you been to this shop? I’ve only been once.
Vocabulary
| Chinese | English |
|---|---|
pǎo de kuài | to run fast |
de | particle linking a verb with its description |
guo | particle for past experience |
zhe | particle for a continuing state |
zhōngdiǎn | finish line; endpoint |
méi guò duōjiǔ | before long |
chuānghu | window |
kāi zhe | to be open |
jiějie | older sister |
chuān zhe | to be wearing |
wàitào | coat |
ménkǒu | doorway |
děng | to wait |
qù guo | have been to |
zhè jiā diàn | this shop |
zhǐ | only |
lái guo | have come before |
yí cì | one time |
huíqù | to go back |
jīngyàn | experience |
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