How to Express Tenses in Mandarin Chinese | Past tense, Present continuous tense, Future tense
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ย. 2019
- How to express tenses in Mandarin Chinese | Past tense, Present continuous tense, Future tense
In Chinese, there’re no tenses, so when we’re having a conversation with others.
How do we express the time of an action or state?
After watching this video, you’ll find the answer.
In this video, I talked about how to express Past tense, Present continuous tense and Future tense in Mandarin Chinese.
Also, I talked about some CONCEPTS which are going to HELP YOU LEARN CHINESE FASTER!
This video includes not only these crucial concepts but also many useful time words, adverbs, auxiliary verbs.
The timecode of three tenses:
01:20 (1) Past Tense
03:12 (2) Present Continuous Tense
04:02 (3) Future Tense
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Correction:
2:03 I pronounced "c" as "ch" in “céng jīng”. It should be "c". Sorry for the mispronunciation.
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I am little confused
How can I make past continues tense.
You can use adverbs to indicate the time is past and use 正在 or 正 to show the action was going. For example, 我 “昨天” “正在” 睡覺的時候, 有人走進來（我“昨天” “正在” 睡觉的时候, 有人走进来）meaning: when I was sleeping yesterday, someone came in.
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21+ tenses in turkish language...
Anatolian Turkish.verb conjugations
A= To (toward)(~for) (for the thick voiced words)
E= To (toward)(~for) (for the subtle voiced words)
Okul=School
U=(ou)=it= (it's that)=(it's about..)
Git=Go ...(verb root)
Mak/Mek...(emek)=exertion (process)
Git-mek=(verb)= to Go (get-mek =to get there now on )
Gel-mek= to Come
Gör-mek= to See
1 .present continuous tense (now or soon, right now or later, currently or nowadays,)
it's used to explain the current actions or planned events (for the specified times)
YOR-mak =to tire (~go over it) (~ to try , to deal with this) (for the subtle and thick voiced words)
A/e....Yormak= to try only mentally..(to arrive at a non-final conclusion)
I/i/u/ü....Yormak=to try both physical and mental about..(to arrive wholly on it)
is used as suffix="--Yor"
(iəʊr)
positive.
Okula gidiyorsun ( you are going to school)= Okul-a Git-i-yor-u-sen ( School-to Go-to-try it's-you) (You try-to-Go to school)
Evden geliyorum ( I'm coming from home) = Ev-de-en Gel-i-yor-u-men ( Home-at-then try-to-come I-am) (from home I try to come)
negative...
A)..Ma= Not B)...Değil= it's not (equivalent)
examples..
A: Okula gitmiyorsun ( you are not going to school)= Okul-a Git-ma-i-yor-u--sen (School-to go-not-it-try it's-you) -(You're try-it's-not-Go to school)
B: Okula gidiyor değilsin ( you are not going to school)=Okul-a Git-i-yor değil-sen (You aren't try(ing)-to-Go to school)
Question sentence:
Ma-u =Not-it =(is) Not it?
is used as....suffixes ="Mı-Mi-Mu-Mü
"
Okula mı gidiyorsun? ( Are you going to school?)= Okul-a Ma-u Git-i-yor-u-sen ? ( To-school Not-it You-try-to-go ?)(~Towards the school or somewhere else are you going ?)
Okula gidiyor musun? ( Do You go to school?)= Okul-a Git-i-yor Ma-u -sen ? ( To school Try-to-go Not-it-you?)
(~Are you going or not going towards the school ?)
Okula sen mi gidiyorsun ? (~Are you the one going to school ?)
2 .present simple tense (everytime, always or never , anytime or at all, often,rarely or sometimes, now or later, soon, if possible)
it's used to explain our own thoughts about the topic
positive..
vAR-mak =~ to arrive (at) ...(to attain).....(for the thick voiced words)
is used as....suffixes ="ar-ır-ur"
ER-mek=~ to get (at) ...(to reach).....(for the subtle voiced words)
is used as....suffixes ="er-ir-ür"
(verb)-A-var= Existent-ready-available-present TO (verb)
(verb)-E-er= Get TO (verb)
examples..
Okula gidersin ( you go to school)= Okul-a Git-e-er-sen (You get-to-Go to school)
Arabaya Biner (s/he gets in the car) =Araba-y-a Bin-e-er (s/he gets-to-ride to car)
O gidince çıkarız (We'll get out when has he gone)= O git-ka-en-çe çık-a-var-u-(men)-iz ( we get to go out which moment he goes as)
Gece olduğunda uyursun ( You sleep when it's night)= Gece ol-du-ka-u-an-da uyu-y-a-var-sen (You arrive in asleep at that time which it became night)
Bunu görebilirler = (they can see this) = Bu-ne-u Gör-e-Bil-e-er-ler =(They-get-to-Know-to-See what's-This) =They've got an inform to see this
negative... Ma= Not
Bas-mak =to dwell on, (~ to press onto/into) (~to pass over) ...(for the thick voiced words)
Ez-mek = to crush (~ to press down) (~to compress) ...(for the subtle voiced words)
Ma-bas=(No pass)=na-pas=(not to dwell on)=(to give up)=(vaz geç-mek) (in the thick voiced words)
suffix ="MAZ"
Ma-ez= (No crush) =(do/es-not)=(to skip)=(es geç-mek) (in the subtle voiced words)
is used as suffix ="MEZ"
example..
Okula gitmezsin ( you don't go to school)= Okul-a Git-ma-ez-sen (You no-crush--Go to school)=( you skip of going to school)
O bunu yapmaz (s/he doesn't do this) = Bunu yap-ma-bas ( s/he no-pass--Do this)=(s/he gives up doing this)
Niçün şuna bakmazsınız
= (why don't you look at that )=Ne-u-çün şu-n'a bak-ma-bas-sen-iz (2. plural)= what-it-reason at that you give up looking
3.simple future tense (soon or later)
it's used to explain the events we thought that will happen
Çak-mak =~to fasten ~to tack ...(for the thick voiced words)
Çek-mek=~to attract , ~to bring beside, ~to take, ~to catch (~to keep close it) ...(for the subtle voiced words)
suffixes= ("CAK"-dʒäk) - ("CEK" -dʒek)
positive..
Okula gideceksin ( you'll go to school)= Okul-a Git-e-çek-sen (~You bring (it in the mind)-to-Go to school) (~Attracts-you -to-Go to school)
Ali Okula gidecek ( Ali is going to go to school)= Ali Okul-a Git-e-çek (~Ali catches(it in the mind)-to-Go to school)
negative...
A. Okula gitmeyeceksin ( you won't go to school)= Okul-a Git-ma-e-çek-sen (You catch-not-to-Go to school)
B. Okula gidecek değilsin (the one is not you to go to school)= Okul-a Git-e-çek değil-sen (it's not you take-to-Go to school)
4 . simple past tense (currently or before)
it's used to explain the completed events which that we're sure about
Di = now on (anymore) Di-mek(demek) = ~ to deem , ~ to mean, ~ to think so
is used as...suffixes=.(Dı-di-du-dü)
positive..
Okula gittin ( you went to school)= Okul-a Git-di-N
Okula gittin mi ? (did you go to school ?)= Okul-a Git-di-N
Ma-u ?( You went to school Not-it ?)
Dün İstanbul'da kaldım (I stayed in Istanbul yesterday)= Dün İstanbul-da kal-dı-M
negative...
Okula gitmedin ( you didn't go to school)= Okul-a Git-ma-di-N
Bugün hiç birşey yapmadık (We did nothing today) =Bu,gün hiç bir,şey yap-ma-dı-K
Beni zaten görmediler (They did not already see me) =Ben-i zaten gör-me-di-Ler
5 . mental past tense (which we did not witness)- (just now or before)
it's used to explain the completed events which that we're not able sure about
MUŞ-mak = ~ to inform ,
(Moush)
meaning... I'm informed about - I realized- I'm notice- I got it- I learned so - I heard that...or it seems so (to me)
if it's in the question sentence...do you have any inform about...do you know..have you heard...are you aware or does it look like this?
is used as...suffixes= (Mış-miş-muş-müş)
positive..
Okula gitmişsin ( I heard about) you went to school)= Okul-a Git-miş-sen (I'm informed about) You've been to school)
Bir hata yapmışım (I realized I made a mistake) = Bir hata Yap-mış-men (Seems that I've made a mistake)
negative...
A. Okula gitmemişsin (I heard that) you didn't go to school)= Okul-a Git-ma-miş-sen (I learned about) You're not gone to school)
B. Okula gitmiş değilsin (I've been informed about) you hadn't gone to school)= Okul-a Git--miş değil-sen (Got it) You haven't been to school.
other tenses
6.Okula varmak üzeresin (You're about to arrive at school)
7.Okula gitmektesin ( You're in (process of) going to school) (~ you have been going to school)
8.Okula gitmekteydin ( You had been going to school)
9.Okula gitmekteymişsin ( I learned that (you had been going to school then)
10.Okula gidiyordun( Okula git-e-yor er-di-n) (You were going to school)
11.Okula gidiyormuşsun ( Okula git-e-yor er-miş-sen) ( I heard that) You are going to school)(2.I learned that you were going to school then)
12.Okula gidecektin ( Okula git-e-çek erdin) (You would go to school after/then)(2.~I had thought you'll go to school)(3.~You had said going to go to school)
13.Okula gidecekmişsin ( Okula git-e-çek ermişsen) ( I heard that) then You'd like to go to school )(2.I learned that you'll go to school)
14.Okula giderdin ( Okula git-e-er erdin) (You used to go to school bf) (2.~you would go to school bf/then) (3.~So then You'd like to go to school)
15.Okula gittiydin ( Okula git-di erdin) ( I remember you went to school) (2.~I've seen you're gone to school)
16.Okula gitmiştin ( Okula git-miş erdin) ( I know that) you had gone to school) (2.~I had seen you went to school)
17.Okula gitmiş oldun( Okula git-miş ol-du-n) (you have been to school)
Bu bir Elma = This is an apple
Bu bir Kitap = This is a book
Dur-mak=to keep to be present there
Durur=it keeps to be present there
is used as....suffixes=(Dır- dir- dur- dür- or Tır- tir-tur-tür)
It's usually used on the correspondences and literary language...
(formal)
Meaning within the official speeches =(that keeps to be present there)
Bu bir Elmadır= (bu bir elma-durur)= This is an apple (that keeps to be present there)
Bu bir Kitaptır= (bu bir kitap-durur)= This is a book (that keeps to be present there)
Meaning within the daily speeches =( I think that or I guess that)
(informal)
Bu bir Elmadır= (bu bir elma-durur)= (I think) this is an apple
Bu bir elma gibi duruyor=Looks like an apple is this
Bu bir Kitaptır= (bu bir kitap-durur)= ( (I think) this is a book
Bu bir kitap gibi duruyor=Looks like a book is this
18.Okula gidiyordursun =( Guess that) You were going to school /before or after that)
19.Okula gidiyorsundur =( I think that) then you are going to school )
20.Okula gidecektirim =(Guess that- probably) I'd have going to school /before or after that )
21.Okula gideceğimdir=( I think that) ~I'm going to go to school )(it's pointless to use about ourself)
21.Okula gideceklerdir=( I think that -probably) they are going to go to school )
22.Okula gitmiştirler =(Guess that) they had gone to school /before or after that)
23.Okula gitmişlerdir = They have been to school (officially)
23.Okula gitmişlerdir =( Looks like that) they have been to school )
....(informal)
16..."Okula gitmişlerdi"..or ."Okula gitmiştiler" = They had gone to school
Anlayabilir misin= Aŋı-la-y-a Bil-e-Er Ma-u-sen ? = Not-it-you Get-to-Know to-Understand = Can you understand ?
Anlayabilirim= Aŋı-la-y-a Bil-e-Er-Men = I Get-to-Know-to-Understand =(I've got an inform to understand)= I can understand
Anlayamam = Aŋı-la-y-a Al-Ma-Men = I Not-Take-to-Understand = I can not understand
Aŋ= moment
Aŋı= memory
Aŋıla=get via memory
(save to memory)
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In some ways, this seems a lot more useful than most of the textbooks (though they're not bad as well), I like that at the end you do mention about 了and 過， that you'll be explaining these words too. Explanations seem very flexible, easy to understand. Keep up the good work while you have the motivation! :)
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Great video! Especially that you acknowledge and explain that expressing time in Chinese sentences is just handled differently than in English. I've seen so many videos that simply try to match English tenses onto Chinese. It's not even like it's that complicated to understand...
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hey, nice video, well, there are some strange examples I've got to say. 我昨天吃一个蛋糕 is a bit weird, we'd rather say: 我昨天吃了一个蛋糕。 The same situation would be: 我已经吃了一个蛋糕。We do sometimes really only use time words: for instance: 他刚刚到 (Tā gāng gāng dào, he's just arrived).
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Cool. I like this language about tense.
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thanks for this lesson teacher Grace， I understand your lesson clearly how to use time words， auxillary verb，adverb when making Present past and future tense sentences。😊
很有用的课。
I will find and watch your next lesson about 了，过，得，着 sometime I am confuse on how to use this after the verb。
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I'm a native(ish) speaker and I find this channel so interesting in learning the nuances of the language that I already speak fluently.
Also, it's interesting how when Grace explained the auxiliary verbs for future tenses, “要回打算” can technically be a phrase/sentence on its own 😂😂😂
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@2:27 shouldn't all of those examples have “了” at the end?
you can add or not add it. The meaning is the same. Sometimes too much “了” would be redundant.
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Did you ever make the video for the Guo, Le, etc? I love your videos, and I'd like to see this one too! :D
他昨天已静吃一个蛋糕。
我会去学校。
我下个月学习英文。
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Wow, you explained this so much better than my HSK book
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This channel is awesome. Is there really a video about 了，着，and 过? 找不到啦.
xiexie laoshi! so understandable !
These time words are very similar to the japanese language. Last year (去年) which is spoken as "kyo-nen". It sounds very alike with its chinese counterpart (qù-nián). 以前 in japanese is "ee-zen" and in chinese "yi-qián". It's very interesting!
It's even more fascinating that 書 in chinese means "book", but in japanese it means "to write". 在 in chinese (zái) it indicates the present continous tense, but in japanese (zai) it means solely the temporal word "present". I loved it!
@@mateuslacerda284 書 in modern Chinese means "book", while in ancient Chinese and some of the sinitic language dialects in china it does mean "write" like in Japanese. 書 could mean "write" in modern Chinese as well when using the verb word "書寫", which means writing with brush or writing something big like history or legend when in formal article writing instead of daily dialog.
Thank you so much for this, cute girl 😁
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Hello, have you ever made this video about those chinese particles to express the state of an action ? I am very interested and your videos are so amazing that it’s hard for le to use anyone ´s else
教师节快乐! It was September 10th. I'm sorry for being late.
Thanks!
Thank you for your video. For a suggestion, I would be interested in a video that goes through how phrases that sounds different when spoken in real conversation. For example, it took me way to long to realize my husband was saying 等一下 because it sounded like "dei-xia" to my ears. Or, what words often get omitted during conversational speech?
Samantha Corber This is such a good suggestion!! Thanks a lot! :D
It sounds like "dei-xia" probably because your husband was speaking relatively fast. Just like liaisons in Western languages, Chinese, when speaking fast, may pronounce some characters "together". (I am a native mandarin speaker so I know haha. I myself also often say "dei-xia")
Dear Grace, Very good lesson, why have you put distracting noise (music?) in the background. Please delete background noise. :)
:) you never cease to amaze us Grace! can't wait till the next video! oh yeah and could you please do a video focusing on measure words? #Grace4president
Deonte Sampson Hi Deonte! Thanks for the suggestion! 😄
@@GraceMandarinChinese welcome! 😁
You're explanation is really clear.
But please make a lot example sentence.we as a learner maybe can use that
Afyanti 14 Thanks for the suggestion! ;)