Answers of the exercise: 我每天运动一个小时。- Wǒ měitiān yùndòng yí gè xiǎoshí 今天我只可以看十分钟电视。- Jīntiān wǒ zhǐ kěyǐ kàn shí fēnzhōng diànshì 我要去看你十天。- Wǒ yào qù kàn nǐ shí tiān. Translation of homework 1: How many hours do you study Chinese in one week? How many hours did you study Chinese last week? How long have you been studying Chinese today? What time do you study today? How long are you going to study today? Answers of homework 2: 你打算在这家公司工作多长时间？- nǐ dǎsuàn zài zhè jiā gōngsī gōngzuò duō cháng shíjiān? 你每天睡几个小时觉？- Nǐ měitiān shuì jǐ gè xiǎoshí jué? 我三天以前刚来，但是我已经想回家了。Wǒ sān tiān yǐqián gāng lái, dànshì wǒ yǐjīng xiǎng huí jiāle. 我刚来三天，就想回家了。- Wǒ gāng lái sān tiān, jiù xiǎng huí jiāle.
Shuo, you are truly such a blessing to all of us! I feel so happy after watching this video because I finally feel like I fully understand how to express time sentences.
This is the best video on your channel! Here's why: 1. You've used common and simple vocabulary that even beginners of Chinese can easily understand. 2. Your sentences have simple structures and grammar, making your explanations very clear and easy to understand. 3. Your explanations are well-designed, with plenty of examples and in-depth exploration of concepts. If you consider making all your videos following this approach, your TH-cam channel would be one of the best for learning Chinese on the internet!
1:58 I've a question about word order : I've seen a few sentences where the 了 is relegated right before the 吗. For example, in Duolingo, we learn : "你看见我的手机了吗？" So for the 2nd sentence on that frame it would look like : "上个星期二你去公司了吗？" Is that a correct way to ask that question ? And if it is, is this equivalent ? Is one more natural than the other ?
@5:15 wǒ děng le nǐ bàn gè xiǎoshí I just learned that with object (in this case nǐ) that verb is repeated: wǒ děng nǐ děng le bàn gè xiǎoshí So now I don't know which one is right :(
I think that the verb only needs to be repeated if it's followed by an adverbial. (I guess that a time duration is not considered an adverbial.) Consider this example: "She speaks French fluently" In English, the adverb "fluently" follows the noun "French", although it modifies the verb "speaks". But in Chinese, "speaks fluently" must remain together, so the Chinese structure would be like: "She speaks French speaks fluently" (where "speaks" is repeated) 她说法语说得很流利
Thank you for the very good lesson. You used 一小时 in one place but 八个小时 in other places. In which circumstances can or should one drop the measure word when talking about 小时?
Great video!❤️❤️ I love how you explain similar words so clearly. I hope you can explain 参观 and 参加 or any other similar word in another video. It would be really appreciated because I've been struggling withe these two words for quite a long time
Those two words are very different. 参观 is to have a look around a place (a rather small place; not a whole city), while 参加 means to participate, for example in an activity.
@@thanapornj1392 Yes, 完成 is used for difficult tasks, but it means complete(verb) and I don't think it can be used in the case of the sentence you made. Instead you can say 我今天下午五点下班 or 我下午五点下班
I think this lesson nicely illustrates that a sentence-final 了 indicates the current state of an ongoing situation. This is especially true if there is a time-duration mentioned in the sentence. But I think it's otherwise also true. We are sometimes told that a sentence-final 了 indicates a change in the situation, but I think this is only true if the sentence is negated. For example 天气不热了 means "the weather is not hot anymore" (it has changed). However, I think that 天气热了 simply means that the weather is currently hot. I think you could say this even at the equator, where it's always hot, because no change is implied.
@@Andreas-gh6is Yes, I agree with you. A Chinese adjective could be considered to be a verb. So my example wasn't very good, because the 了 in 热了 could be considered to be an after-verb 了 which denotes a completed action, which is also a change of state. Let's consider 他住在上海了 where I have moved the 了 away from the verb 住. This sentence just means "he's (currently) living in Shanghai". There is no indication that he has ever lived anywhere else, so no indication of a change of state.
I've also been told you can use "多长时间" to ask "how often", but it seems kind of strange to me. I'm curious about how to ask something like "how often do you come here" in Chinese (where the answer would be "once a week" or something)
hi,i am a chinese student ,my IELTS speaking score is 6 ，i want to find a native English speaker who wants to learn chinses,so we can help each other to improve speaking skill
I was just wondering yesterday which word to use between 时候 and 时间, what a coincidence! Actually I knew the difference between the 2 words, but I was still unsure about which one to use (if not another word). Here is my sentence : 但法国和瑞典的时间/时候一样 (to say that France and Sweden have the same time (no time gap)). Which word would be best to use? Hope someone can help!
Great video Shuo! However, I have a question about the double-了-part. does the following sentence also work? 我学习了汉语了， 因为我想想去中国旅行 I want to express that I already learned some chinese to this day and keep on going for a reason
hi,i am a chinese student ,my IELTS speaking score is 6 ，i want to find a native English speaker who wants to learn chinses,so we can help each other to improve speaking skill
I think that to use the double-了 construction, you need to have a time-duration expression before the second 了. So I think you could say 我学习了汉语一段时间了 which I think corresponds quite nicely to your last statement above.
I think that 一小时 and 一个小时 are both correct. But, as learners, I think it's better for us to include the 个, although native speakers may omit it sometimes. I think that your second answer should be 我今天只可以看十分钟电视 because the object is not a person or a place, so the time duration should come between the verb and the object. In your third answer, the time duration appears after the object 你, and I think this is correct, because the object is a person. However 个 should not appear with 天, which doesn't use a measure word.
Answers of the exercise:
我每天运动一个小时。- Wǒ měitiān yùndòng yí gè xiǎoshí
今天我只可以看十分钟电视。- Jīntiān wǒ zhǐ kěyǐ kàn shí fēnzhōng diànshì
我要去看你十天。- Wǒ yào qù kàn nǐ shí tiān.
Translation of homework 1:
How many hours do you study Chinese in one week?
How many hours did you study Chinese last week?
How long have you been studying Chinese today?
What time do you study today?
How long are you going to study today?
Answers of homework 2:
你打算在这家公司工作多长时间？- nǐ dǎsuàn zài zhè jiā gōngsī gōngzuò duō cháng shíjiān?
你每天睡几个小时觉？- Nǐ měitiān shuì jǐ gè xiǎoshí jué?
我三天以前刚来，但是我已经想回家了。Wǒ sān tiān yǐqián gāng lái, dànshì wǒ yǐjīng xiǎng huí jiāle. 我刚来三天，就想回家了。- Wǒ gāng lái sān tiān, jiù xiǎng huí jiāle.
"Shijian is the type of time that has space"
Thank you so much this makes it so easy to remember : D
Shuo, you are truly such a blessing to all of us! I feel so happy after watching this video because I finally feel like I fully understand how to express time sentences.
This is the best video on your channel! Here's why:
1. You've used common and simple vocabulary that even beginners of Chinese can easily understand.
2. Your sentences have simple structures and grammar, making your explanations very clear and easy to understand.
3. Your explanations are well-designed, with plenty of examples and in-depth exploration of concepts.
If you consider making all your videos following this approach, your TH-cam channel would be one of the best for learning Chinese on the internet!
1:58 I've a question about word order :
I've seen a few sentences where the 了 is relegated right before the 吗.
For example, in Duolingo, we learn : "你看见我的手机了吗？"
So for the 2nd sentence on that frame it would look like : "上个星期二你去公司了吗？"
Is that a correct way to ask that question ? And if it is, is this equivalent ? Is one more natural than the other ?
They have the same meaning,but I think "上个星期二你去公司了吗"is more natural.
@@天翼任 谢谢你！
0:16 I'd watch if I happen to be online when this happens :P
A very useful and impressive lesson. It starts from something so simple to something complicated.
您的上课非常好。谢谢老师
This video helped me a lot but I still find it a very complex to get my head around. Do you have more videos on this topic?
Very helpful! Thank you!
Really helpful! Thanks!
@5:15 wǒ děng le nǐ bàn gè xiǎoshí
I just learned that with object (in this case nǐ) that verb is repeated: wǒ děng nǐ děng le bàn gè xiǎoshí
So now I don't know which one is right :(
I think that the verb only needs to be repeated if it's followed by an adverbial.
(I guess that a time duration is not considered an adverbial.)
Consider this example:
"She speaks French fluently"
In English, the adverb "fluently" follows the noun "French", although it modifies the verb "speaks".
But in Chinese, "speaks fluently" must remain together, so the Chinese structure would be like:
"She speaks French speaks fluently" (where "speaks" is repeated)
她说法语说得很流利
You are really good teacher ^^
4:25 My exercise answers:
1. 我每天都做一个小时的运动
2. 今天我只能看十分钟的电视
3. 我会看你十天
Thank you for the very good lesson.
You used 一小时 in one place but 八个小时 in other places. In which circumstances can or should one drop the measure word when talking about 小时?
it may make a significant difference for English mother tongues, the two words are tho distinguishable enough in other languages
Great video!❤️❤️ I love how you explain similar words so clearly. I hope you can explain 参观 and 参加 or any other similar word in another video. It would be really appreciated because I've been struggling withe these two words for quite a long time
Those two words are very different. 参观 is to have a look around a place (a rather small place; not a whole city), while 参加 means to participate, for example in an activity.
@@tokyojimu ohh, okay, thank you.
For the question: 你什么时候下班？
Can I reply : 我今天下午五点就完成工作了。
Does 完成 use for difficult a task?
@@thanapornj1392 Yes, 完成 is used for difficult tasks, but it means complete(verb) and I don't think it can be used in the case of the sentence you made. Instead you can say 我今天下午五点下班 or 我下午五点下班
@@jorasonprecious4269 thank you. 😊
I think this lesson nicely illustrates that a sentence-final 了 indicates the current state of an ongoing situation. This is especially true if there is a time-duration mentioned in the sentence. But I think it's otherwise also true. We are sometimes told that a sentence-final 了 indicates a change in the situation, but I think this is only true if the sentence is negated. For example 天气不热了 means "the weather is not hot anymore" (it has changed). However, I think that 天气热了 simply means that the weather is currently hot. I think you could say this even at the equator, where it's always hot, because no change is implied.
There is an aspect of "has become hot" to 热了. Adjectives in Chinese are more like verbs.
@@Andreas-gh6is Yes, I agree with you. A Chinese adjective could be considered to be a verb. So my example wasn't very good, because the 了 in 热了 could be considered to be an after-verb 了 which denotes a completed action, which is also a change of state. Let's consider 他住在上海了 where I have moved the 了 away from the verb 住. This sentence just means "he's (currently) living in Shanghai". There is no indication that he has ever lived anywhere else, so no indication of a change of state.
一个星期，我学差不多三十个小时汉语，还有看大概三十个小时电视剧。
上个星期，我学了好三十五个小时汉语。
今天，我学了两个长时间汉语了。今天还早了。
今天，我十一点开始学习了。
今天，我要学习四点半时间。
I've also been told you can use "多长时间" to ask "how often", but it seems kind of strange to me. I'm curious about how to ask something like "how often do you come here" in Chinese (where the answer would be "once a week" or something)
hi,i am a chinese student ,my IELTS speaking score is 6 ，i want to find a native English speaker who wants to learn chinses,so we can help each other to improve speaking skill
POT is legalized in Thailand, 真的吗？Seems like I know my next holidays destination
I like this closeup video. And yes - livestream hot pot restaurant.
“If you like this video, watch it 10 times”. “For” not needed or wanted.
Is yongyuan shihou or shijian? Should I say wo yongyuan ai le ni or should I say wo ai le ni yongyuan le?
7:43 Karens sleep ? I though they were all complaining ! :P
I was just wondering yesterday which word to use between 时候 and 时间, what a coincidence! Actually I knew the difference between the 2 words, but I was still unsure about which one to use (if not another word). Here is my sentence : 但法国和瑞典的时间/时候一样 (to say that France and Sweden have the same time (no time gap)). Which word would be best to use? Hope someone can help!
I think you're talking about time on the clock, and I'm pretty sure this is 时间.
For example: "The time now is three o'clock" should be 现在的时间是三点.
@@mountaintag thanks for the reply! Actually I used 时间 in the end, because I felt like it was the better option, so it feels good if you think so too!
时间
时间. Because time difference you also call 时间差
@@mannaporanna2678 ohhh thank you so much for the explanation! Makes sense now
Great video Shuo! However, I have a question about the double-了-part. does the following sentence also work? 我学习了汉语了， 因为我想想去中国旅行
I want to express that I already learned some chinese to this day and keep on going for a reason
hi,i am a chinese student ,my IELTS speaking score is 6 ，i want to find a native English speaker who wants to learn chinses,so we can help each other to improve speaking skill
Hey there. That's a great idea, but I'm not a native english speaker and instead from germany.
I think that to use the double-了 construction, you need to have a time-duration expression before the second 了. So I think you could say 我学习了汉语一段时间了 which I think corresponds quite nicely to your last statement above.
老师请问，为什么说 "上个星期二你去了公司吗？" 是不是应该说 "上个星期二你去公司了吗？"
... + 了 + 吗？
... + 了 + 没有？
请老师帮一个忙给我解释一下 🙏😁
谢谢老师 🙏
4:28 My guesses :
我每天练习一小时
我今天只可以看电视十分钟
我要看你十个天
Also, are 一小时 and 一 *个* 小时 both correct ? Because @ 3:19 you didn't put the 个
I think that 一小时 and 一个小时 are both correct. But, as learners, I think it's better for us to include the 个, although native speakers may omit it sometimes.
I think that your second answer should be 我今天只可以看十分钟电视 because the object is not a person or a place, so the time duration should come between the verb and the object.
In your third answer, the time duration appears after the object 你, and I think this is correct, because the object is a person. However 个 should not appear with 天, which doesn't use a measure word.
@@mountaintag 感谢你的回复！
1. 我每天都锻炼一个小时
2. 今天我只有都可以十分钟电视
3. 我在去看你十天
1）我每天练习一个小时
2）今天我只能看十分钟电视
3）我打算去看你十天
О, русский
我天天一个小时运动。
今天我只能十分钟看电视。
我要去看看你十个日子。
我每天学中文一个小时 。
I'd rather use 时间 as "time" and 时候 as "moment".
这个公司你工作都长时间？
你每天几点睡觉。
我只来了三个天已经就想要回家。
我想听很多中文话，老师一直说英语😰，请能可以说中文