Lesson 076. Let’s Review. Grammar Update.

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🗓️ 2 December 2024

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Let’s review the key vocabulary and sentence patterns from the previous lesson and learn about continuous action or state in Mandarin Chinese, we will learn some examples when two different actions are happening at the same time.
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0:00.0	Dear friends, Nieman hao. In our today's lesson, let's review the key vocabulary of
0:10.6	lesson 75 and have an update on Chinese grammar. We have selected only the keywords, which you
0:19.5	should learn by heart in any case.
0:22.0	Today's grammar topic is about continuous action or state in Mandarin Chinese.
0:28.4	That is to say, we will learn some example when two different actions are happening at the same time.
0:35.7	Up to now, in our lessons we only dealt with one action at a time now
0:41.4	we will learn how to say that we're doing something while doing something else so buckle
0:47.7	down and get ready first as usual let's have a quick review of our vocabulary and sentence patterns.
0:59.7	TING-Sha, or TING-Sia-Lai, stop, or slow down and stop.
1:09.1	TING-Sha, We want to talk about the suffixia lae.
1:13.6	We want to talk about the suffix
1:15.7	Xia Lai.
1:18.0	It consists of the directional word
1:21.3	yeah down below, etc.
1:25.1	And the verb lie to come.
1:29.5	Xia lai is added to some verbs to show that the action took place or will take place
1:37.9	and that this action is or will be over and successful.
1:44.3	So after it's accomplished,
1:46.7	the state of this action will continue for at least some time.
1:52.5	Okay, so in our case, it was
1:55.5	TING Xia Lai.
1:57.9	The car was stopped by the police.
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