Expressing "already" with "yijing"

Nível: HSK 2 | Categoria: Gramática

Explicação da Regra:

已经⋯⋯了 (yǐjīng... le) is the basic pattern used to express "already" in Chinese. It's easy to forget the 了 (le) on the end, but using it will make your Chinese more natural. The most common structure is to use 已经⋯⋯了 (yǐjīng... le) with a verb phrase. 已经 + [Verb Phrase] + 了 • 他们 已经 走 了。with just a verbTāmen yǐjīng zǒu le.They've already left. • 我 已经 有 男朋友 了 。 with a verb phraseWǒ yǐjīng yǒu nánpéngyou le.I already have a boyfriend. • 宝宝 已经 会 说话 了。with a verb phraseBǎobao yǐjīng huì shuōhuà le.The baby can already speak. • 妈妈 已经 回来 了。with just a verbMāma yǐjīng huílái le.Mom has already come back. • 他 已经 上 飞机 了。with a verb phraseTā yǐjīng shàng fēijī le.He's already gotten on the plane. Sometimes an adjective or a time noun is used instead of a typical verb phrase: 已经 + (很 +) Adj. + 了 • 爸爸 妈妈 已经 老 了。Bàba māma yǐjīng lǎo le.Mom and dad are already old. • 已经 很 便宜 了。Yǐjīng hěn piányi le.It is already very cheap. • 你 女朋友 已经 很 漂亮 了！ Nǐ nǚpéngyou yǐjīng hěn piàoliang le! Your girlfriend is already very beautiful! • 你 的 感冒 已经 好 了 吗 ？Nǐ de gǎnmào yǐjīng hǎo le ma?Is your cold already better? • 已经 很 晚 了，我们 走 吧。Yǐjīng hěn wǎn le, wǒmen zǒu ba.It's already really late. Let's go. A "time noun" simply refers to almost any word in Chinese indicating a time something happened. 已经 + Time + 了 • 已经 11点 了，女儿 还 没 回来 。Yǐjīng shíyī diǎn le, nǚ'ér hái méi huílái.It is already 11 o'clock, and my daughter has not returned. • 爷爷 已经 八十五 岁 了 。Yéye yǐjīng bāshí-wǔ suì le.Grandpa is already eighty-five years old. • 我 学习 中文 已经 一 年 了 。Wǒ xuéxí Zhōngwén yǐjīng yī nián le.I have already been studying Chinese for a year. • 他 在 洗手间 里 已经 半 个 小时 了 。 Tā zài xǐshǒujiān lǐ yǐjīng bàn gè xiǎoshí le.He has already been in the bathroom for half an hour. • 爸爸 去 北京 出差 已经 两 天 了 。Bàba qù Běijīng chūchāi yǐjīng liǎng tiān le.It has already been two days since dad went to Beijing on business trip.

Exemplos com Falantes Nativos:

• 你 已经 不 在Google工作 了 吗？ (nǐ yǐjīng bù zài Google gōngzuò le ma ？): "Do you already work at Google?"

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