Monday, April 19, 2010

MIT Lesson 1 Action Verbs Part C

Lesson 1 AV Part C
"guo4" (usually untoned) root meaning is "to pass by, over, or through".
Chi1guo (fan) le ma?
Chi1 (guo) le. or "Hái méi (chi1guo) ne."

Other examples...
Chi1fàn le ma? -> Chi1fan le. I've eaten (my meal).
Chi1guo fàn le ma? ->Chi1guo fàn le. I've had my meal.
Chi1 le ma?-> Chi1 le. I have (eaten).
Chi1guo le ma? -> Chi1guo le. I've had it. (I've had my meal)
Chi1fàn le méiyou? -> Hái méi chi1 fàn ne. I haven't eaten my meal yet.
Chi1guo fàn le méiyou? -> Hái méi chìguo ne. I haven't had my meal yet.
Chi1fàn le méi?-> Hài méi chi1 ne. I haven't eaten yet.
Chi1guo fàn le méi? -> Hài méi chìguo ne. I haven't had it yet.
Chi1 le méi? -> Hái méi ne. Not yet. (haven't yet.)
Méiyou3. ->Have not.
Méi.-> No(t).

-Denaz

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