Expressing duration of inaction

Nível: HSK 3 | Categoria: Gramática

Explicação da Regra:

Saying how long you have not done something is not difficult, but the word order is different from the regular pattern for expressing duration . If there's a consistent keyword in this pattern, it's going to be 没 (méi), since it almost always plays a role. Remember, this pattern differs from both simple pattern for expressing duration and the pattern for ongoing duration . Subj. + (已经 +) Duration + 没 + Verb + 了 So now the duration comes right after the subject and 了 is at the end of the sentence. The verb has to be negated with 没 , as the action hasn't happened.

Exemplos com Falantes Nativos:

• 他们已经两天没吃东西了。 (tāmen yǐjīng liǎng tiān méi chī dōngxī le 。): "They haven't eaten for two days."
• 我们已经十年没见了。 (wǒmen yǐjīng shí nián méi jiàn le 。): "We haven't seen it in ten years."
• 他已经一个星期没洗澡了。 (tā yǐjīng yī gè xīngqī méi xǐzǎo le 。): "He hasn't bathed in a week."
• 你多长时间没刮胡子了？ (nǐ duō cháng shíjiān méi guā húzǐ le ？): "How long have you not shaved?"
• 她半个月没出门了。 (tā bàn gè yuè méi chūmén le 。): "She hasn't been out for half a month."

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