Time expression + 没 + Verb (+ 了)
I have a test in Chinese class later today, so this post and the next are a couple of things the teacher told us will be on the test.
Chapter 18 of Integrated Chinese*, page 231 (运动 – Sports), the Dialogue I section describes the
following formula:
Time expression + 没 + Verb (+ 了)
It’s used to describe an activity that hasn’t been performed for a certain amount of time. They have several examples, one of which is:
他三天没上网了。
He hasn’t gone online for three days.
On Page 232 it offers a counter example, showing how long something has been happening:
我学了两年中文了。
I have studied the Chinese language for two years.
是吗？我两年没学中文了。
Really? I haven’t studied the Chinese language for two years.
The point of these practice exercises is for me to come up with come of my own sentences using the formula they described, so mine are below.
我五年没学法文了。
I haven’t studied French for five years.
我一天没喝咖啡了。
I haven’t drunk coffee for the past day.
它一个星期没雪下了。
It hasn’t snowed for a week.
我两年没去挪威了。
I haven’t been to Norway for two years.
高文中四天没给白英爱打电话了。
Gao Wenzhong hasn’t called Bai Ying-ai for four days.
* Integrated Chinese, Level 1, Part 2, Third Edition
I have a test in Chinese class later today, so this post and the next are a couple of things the teacher told us will be on the test. Chapter 18 of Integrated Chinese*, page 231 (运动 – Sports), the Dialogue I section describes the following formula: Time expression + 没 + Verb (+ 了)…