LEARN + CHINESE / 252 of 300 HSK 7–9
Together, In Turns, On One’s Own例 · 那是一个许多人连听也没有听过的小国
The storm catches you outside, and 连人带行李都淋湿了 (“the person and all the luggage got soaked”). 连A带B bundles related things together; 时A时B shows alternation, while 自A自B can describe people acting independently. Watch how the pattern holds the parts together—or separates them.
那是一个许多人连听也没有听过的小国。
nà shì yí ge xǔduō rén lián tīng yě méiyǒu tīng guo de xiǎo guó。
That’s a small country many people have never even heard of.
我必须带我的儿子到你的办公室吗？
wǒ bìxū dài wǒ de érzi dào nǐ de bàngōngshì ma？
Do I have to bring my son to your office?
我到家时，他已经走了。
wǒ dào jiā shí， tā yǐjīng zǒu le。
When I got home, he had already left.
他们自1989年以来一直在这里。
tāmen zì 1989 nián yǐlái yīzhí zài zhèlǐ。
They have been here since 1989.
Vocabulary
| Chinese | English |
|---|---|
lián | even; to connect |
dài | to bring; carry; belt |
shí | time; times |
zì | from; since |
bàngōngshì | office |
yīzhí | straight; continuously |
tāmen | they (male/mixed) |
yǐlái | since |
érzi | son |
bàngōng | to handle official business |
yǐjīng | already |
bìxū | must; have to |
méiyǒu | not have |
xǔduō | many; a lot |
zhèlǐ | here |
shānlǐng | mountain ridge; mountain range |
yīliánchuàn | a series of; a chain of |
zhànlì | to stand |
zhìwèn | to question; to interrogate |
zìyǎn | wording; diction |
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