Expressing duration with "le"

Nível: HSK 3 | Categoria: Gramática

Explicação da Regra:

Whether you need to express how long you lived somewhere, how long you studied astrophysics, or how long you worked as a mime, you'll need to use 了 (le) to express that time duration. Saying how long you did something for in Chinese can seem tricky, as there is no preposition as in English. Instead it's all about word order: Subj. + Verb + 了 + Duration + Obj. So 了 (le) is placed after the verb (to indicate that the action is completed ), followed by the duration. This is how you talk about the duration of completed actions.

Exemplos com Falantes Nativos:

• 他学了一年中文。 (tā xué le yī nián zhōngwén 。): "He studied Chinese for a year."
• 我看了一个晚上书。 (wǒ kàn le yī gè wǎnshàng shū 。): "I read the book for one night."
• 他做了八年经理。 (tā zuò le bā nián jīnglǐ 。): "He has been a manager for eight years."
• 我们坐了十五个小时的飞机。 (wǒmen zuò le shíwǔ gè xiǎoshí de fēijī 。): "We flew for fifteen hours."
• 奶奶看了一天的电视。 (nǎinǎi kàn le yī tiān de diànshì 。): "Grandma watched TV all day."

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