五百字說華語
Speak Mandarin in Five Hundred Words
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㈤百字說華語
Speak Mandarin in Five Hundred Words
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㆙：你㈻㆗文多久了？
nǐ xué zhōng wén duō jiǔ le
How long have you studied Chinese?
㆚：我才㈻了兩個㈪。你㈻了多久了？
wǒ cái xué le liǎng ge yuè nǐ xué le duō jiǔ le
Only for two months.
How long have you been studying?
㆙：我已經㈻了㆔年了。
wǒ yǐ jīng xué le sān nián le
I have studied it for three years.
㆛：我還沒㈻呢！
wǒ hái méi xué ne
I haven’t begun yet.
㆙：沒關係，你可以到這裡來㈻。
méi guān xì nǐ kě yǐ dào zhè lǐ lái xué
That’s no problem. You may come to our school and learn it.
第㈩課 ㈻了多久？
Lesson 10 How Long Have You Studied?
一 課文 TEXT
五百字說華語
Speak Mandarin in Five Hundred Words
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了（・ㄌㄜ；le）sentence final particle, often expressing the perfective aspect
你㈻㆗文了嗎？
nǐ xué zhōng wén le ma
Have you learned Chinese?
我㈻了。
wǒ xué le
I have.
這個字你會㊢了嗎？
zhè ge zì nǐ hùi xiě le ma
Are you able to write this character?
我會㊢了。
wǒ hùi xiě le
I am.
久（ㄐㄧㄡˇ；jiǔ）long
你㈻㆗文多久了？
nǐ xué zhōng wén duō jiǔ le
How long have you studied Chinese?
他到㈻校多久了？
tā dào xué xiào duō jiǔ le
How long has he been at school?
你們認識多久了？
nǐ men rèn shì duō jiǔ le
How long have you known each other?
才（ㄘㄞˊ；cái）only, just
我才㈻了兩個㈪。
wǒ cái xué le liǎng ge yuè
I have just studied for two months.
二 字與詞 WORDS AND PHRASES
五百字說華語
Speak Mandarin in Five Hundred Words
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Speak Mandarin in Five Hundred Words
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他們才教了㆔課。
tā men cái jiāo le sān kè
They have just taught three lessons.
他們才認識㈤個㈪。
tā men cái rèn shì wǔ ge yuè
They have just known each other for five months.
已經（ㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄥ；yǐ jīng）already (an adverb used to express perfective
aspect, often omitted)
我已經㈻了㆒年了。
wǒ yǐ jīng xué le yì nián le
I have already studied for a year.
他已經來了㈤個㈪了。
tā yǐ jīng lái le wǔ ge yuè le
He has already been here for five months.
我們已經認識了。
wǒ men yǐ jīng rèn shì le
We have already met each other.
他已經㆖大㈻了。
tā yǐ jīng shàng dà xué le
He has already gone to a university.
還沒…呢
（ㄏㄞˊ ㄇㄟˊ…・ㄋㄜ；hái méi…ne）not yet ( ne is a sentence final particle used
as a response to some expectation)
我還沒㊢呢。
wǒ hái méi xiě ne
I have not written it yet.
李先生還沒來呢。
Lǐ xiān shēng hái méi lái ne
Mr. Li has not arrived yet.