第二年第五天

[nnozomi]

语法
Separable verbs. Verbs that pop open in the middle! I think they are neat, but very confusing... Too much to be summarized here, here's the link, go to town.
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Separable_verb

词汇
不久, soon/not long; 多久, how long; 好久, a long time 不久 bùjiǔ, soon/not long; 多久 duōjiǔ, how long; 好久 hǎojiǔ, a long time
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
我们一起吃个饭吧，let's have a meal together
沈巍帮了我们多少忙, how much has Shen Wei helped us
在不久的将来, in the near future

Me:
我经常跟她聊个天。
你不久会后悔。

Comments

[grayswandir]

Note: unlike the particles 过 and 着, the particle 了 is especially tricky, and it can also appear after the object. So it can be correct in multiple places.

Aha. I was wondering about this, because I always expect to see 了 (or the Canto equivalent) in the middle of one of these verbs, but then sometimes it's at the end and I've never known why.

Knowing when to put 了 at the end instead of after the verb is definitely something I do not have the hang of yet...

[nnozomi]

Knowing when to put 了 at the end instead of after the verb is definitely something I do not have the hang of yet...
哈哈 join the club. I haven't even figured out yet when there's an actual wrong answer and when it's a matter of preference, tone, etc. ...

[trobadora]

Separable verbs.

I like these! They're very neat indeed. Idk, they make sense to me.

久 is another character that really wants to slip out of my brain. You'd think it was simple enough to stick! But I can only remember it via 好久不见.

[nnozomi]

Idk, they make sense to me.
Yes! So nice when this happens instead of the reverse.

好久不见 should be a good mnemonic, at least, especially given Zhao Yunlan and his dumb pun post-blindness arc...

[sakana17]

The Rebel, episode 20:
出什么事了？这么着急见面。

episode 7:
我好久没有见过这样的人了。

[nnozomi]

Oh, I wonder if 出什么事 counts too, splitting up 出事....

我好久没有见过这样的人了。
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