Grammar: Circumstances of the event

CIRCUMSTANCES of the event

_THIS IS A TESTING BETA VERSION OF THE SITE_

When we want to bring up the information that something happened or has happened, we use the “past tences” with 了 /le/ or 过 /guo/

EXAMPLES

I have been to China.

我去过中国。

<Wǒ qù guo Zhōngguó.>

EXPERIENCE

I have bought a book.

我买了一本书。

<Wǒ mǎi le yī běn shū.>

Yesterday I bought a book in a bookstore.

我昨天在书店买了一本书。

<Wǒ zuótiān zài shūdiàn mǎi le yī běn shū.>

When we already know that something happened or has happened, and we want to ask for more informations or add more informations, we use this special construction

The construction is 是。。。的 /shì…de/

The construction is the same for questions

EXAMPLES

Did you buy it? (was it bought by you?)

是你买的吗？

Shì nǐ mǎi de ma?

We got to know each other in 2010.

我们是 2010 年认识的。

<Wǒmen shì 2010 nián rènshi de.>

YEARS

I went there in 2012.

我是 2012 年去的。

Wǒ shì 2012 nián qù de.

We got to know each other in Beijing.

我们是在北京认识的。

<Wǒmen shì zài Běijīng rènshi de.>

On which date did you go there?

你们是几号去的？

Nǐmen shì jǐ hào qù de?

In what year did you get to know each other?

你们是哪一年认识的？

<Nǐmen shì nǎ yī nián rènshi de?>

那个 / WHICH? YEARS

In which year did you go there?

你是哪一年去的？

<Nǐ shì nǎ yī nián qù de?>

那个 / WHICH?

Libai was born in 701 and died in 762.

李白是 701 年出生的，762 年去世的。

Lǐbái shì 701 nián chūshēng de, 762 nián qùshì de.

了 / FINISHED ACTION

过 / EXPERIENCE IN THE PAST

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