{"id":465,"date":"2013-07-11T07:49:42","date_gmt":"2013-07-11T07:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/?p=465"},"modified":"2022-05-03T06:15:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T06:15:21","slug":"some-tips-on-past-tenses-illustration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/some-tips-on-past-tenses-illustration.html","title":{"rendered":"Some Tips on Past Tenses Illustration (Intermediate Level)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>Example:&nbsp; \u201c\u6211\u5403\u4e86\u706b\u9505\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. <\/strong>We know that when you add <em>\u201c\u4e86\u201d<\/em> after a verb, it indicates that this action happened at some time in the past, like<em>\u201c\u6211\u5403\u4e86\u706b\u9505\u201d<\/em> just means <em>\u201c I ate a hotpot.\u201d<\/em> In this sentence, you can also put <em>\u201c\u4e86\u201d<\/em> after the object, to say <em>\u201c\u6211\u5403\u706b\u9505\u4e86\u201d<\/em> It\u2019s absolutely the same as <em>\u201c\u6211\u5403\u4e86\u706b\u9505\u201d<\/em> They have the same meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But when the object of the verb is quantified, like <em>\u201cI ate hotpot three times,\u201d<\/em> you can only say <em>\u201c\u6211\u5403\u4e86\u4e09\u6b21\u706b\u9505\u201d<\/em> Like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><em>\u201c\u4e0a\u4e2a\u661f\u671f\uff0c\u6211\u5403\u4e86\u4e09\u6b21\u706b\u9505 &#8211; I ate hotpot three times last week.\u201d<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><em>\u201c\u53bb\u5e74\u4e94\u6708\uff0c\u6211\u5403\u4e86\u4e09\u6b21\u706b\u9505 &#8211; I ate hotpots three times last May.\u201d<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s typical past tense, the same as in English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The negative: <em>\u201c\u6211\u6ca1\u5403\u706b\u9505\u3002\u201d\u201c\u4e0a\u4e2a\u661f\u671f\uff0c\u6211\u6ca1\u5403\u706b\u9505\u3002\u201d<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> When you talk about your past experiences, you need to add <em>\u201c\u8fc7\u201d<\/em> after the verb, like<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><em>\u201c\u6211\u5403\u8fc7\u81ed\u8c46\u8150\u3002 &#8211; I\u2019ve ever eaten stinky tofu before. \u201d<\/em><\/li><li><em>\u201c\u6211\u53bb\u8fc7\u5357\u6781\u3002 &#8211; I\u2019ve been to the South Pole before.\u201d<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>When the object is quantified, like <em>\u201cI\u2019ve eaten hotpot three times\u201d<\/em> you can say <em>\u201c\u6211\u5403\u8fc7\u4e09\u6b21\u706b\u9505\u3002\u201d<\/em> It still shows your experiences; it means that you\u2019ve only ever eaten hotpot three times in your lifetime.<br>The negative: <em>&#8220;\u6211\u6ca1\u5403\u8fc7\u706b\u9505\u3002&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. <\/strong>But if you want to say \u201cI\u2019ve eaten hotpot three times from the first time I\u2019d eaten it up to now,\u201d you need to say <em>\u201c\u6211\u5403\u4e86\u4e09\u6b21\u706b\u9505\u4e86\u3002\u201d<\/em> It\u2019s like the perfect progressive in English. It means from the first time you eat hotpot, up to the moment you\u2019re speaking, you\u2019ve eaten hotpot three times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So from a point in time in the past, up to the moment of speaking, you have done something for many times, you can use this structure, like <em>\u201c\u8fd9\u4e2a\u6708\uff0c\u6211\u5403\u4e86\u4e09\u6b21\u706b\u9505\u4e86\u3002- I\u2019ve eaten hotpot three times this month.\u201d<\/em> It means from the beginning of this month up to the moment you are speaking, you\u2019ve eaten the hotpot three times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And from a point in time in the past up to the moment of speaking, you have been doing something fora period of time, you can still use this structure, like in English: <em>\u201cI\u2019ve been learning Chinese for three years,\u201d<\/em> can also be translated into <em>\u201c\u6211\u5b66\u4e86\u4e09\u5e74\u6c49\u8bed\u4e86\u3002\u201d<\/em> It means from the first time you started learning Chinese up to the moment of speaking, you\u2019ve been learning Chinese for three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>In Summary:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><em>I ate hotpot at noon. \u4e2d\u5348\uff0c\u6211\u5403\u706b\u9505\u4e86\u3002<\/em><\/li><li><em>It\u2019s my first time to eat hotpot. \u8fd9\u662f\u6211\u7b2c\u4e00\u6b21\u5403\u706b\u9505\u3002<\/em><\/li><li><em>I\u2019ve never eaten the hotpot before. \u6211\u4ee5\u524d\u6ca1\u5403\u8fc7\u706b\u9505\u3002<\/em><\/li><li><em>Have you ever eaten hotpot? \u4f60\u5403\u8fc7\u706b\u9505\u5417\uff1f<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>B\uff1a<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><em>I\u2019ve eaten the hotpot many times. \u6211\u5403\u8fc7\u5f88\u591a\u6b21\u706b\u9505\u3002<\/em><\/li><li><em>I\u2019ve already eaten the hotpot three times this month.<\/em> <em>\u8fd9\u4e2a\u6708\uff0c\u6211\u5df2\u7ecf\u5403\u4e86\u4e09\u6b21\u706b\u9505\u4e86\u3002<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Example:&nbsp; \u201c\u6211\u5403\u4e86\u706b\u9505\u201d 1. We know that when you add \u201c\u4e86\u201d after a verb, it indicates that this action happened at some time in the past, like\u201c\u6211\u5403\u4e86\u706b\u9505\u201d just means \u201c I ate a hotpot.\u201d In this sentence, you can also put \u201c\u4e86\u201d after the object, to say \u201c\u6211\u5403\u706b\u9505\u4e86\u201d It\u2019s absolutely the same as \u201c\u6211\u5403\u4e86\u706b\u9505\u201d They have&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,176],"tags":[7,93,78,81,85],"post_series":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.2.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Some Tips on Past Tenses Illustration<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Do you have any problems on using past tenses in Chinese? Here is an example to help you to grab the knowledge(for intermediate level)\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/some-tips-on-past-tenses-illustration.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Some Tips on Past Tenses Illustration\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Do you have any problems on using past tenses in Chinese? Here is an example to help you to grab the knowledge(for intermediate level)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/some-tips-on-past-tenses-illustration.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-07-11T07:49:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-05-03T06:15:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/past.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"580\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"270\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"QIN CHEN\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@digmandarin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@digmandarin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"QIN CHEN\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/some-tips-on-past-tenses-illustration.html\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/some-tips-on-past-tenses-illustration.html\",\"name\":\"Some Tips on Past Tenses Illustration\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-07-11T07:49:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-05-03T06:15:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ae56e168e92841265b0cc67e8f2a0131\"},\"description\":\"Do you have any problems on using past tenses in Chinese? Here is an example to help you to grab the knowledge(for intermediate level)\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/some-tips-on-past-tenses-illustration.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/some-tips-on-past-tenses-illustration.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/some-tips-on-past-tenses-illustration.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Some Tips on Past Tenses Illustration (Intermediate Level)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/\",\"name\":\"\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ae56e168e92841265b0cc67e8f2a0131\",\"name\":\"QIN CHEN\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bjm.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bjm.jpg\",\"caption\":\"QIN CHEN\"},\"description\":\"Qin Chen focuses on teaching Chinese and language acquisition. She is willing to introduce more about Chinese learning ways and skills. Now, she is working as Mandarin teacher at All Mandarin.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/author\/qinchen\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Some Tips on Past Tenses Illustration","description":"Do you have any problems on using past tenses in Chinese? Here is an example to help you to grab the knowledge(for intermediate level)","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/some-tips-on-past-tenses-illustration.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Some Tips on Past Tenses Illustration","og_description":"Do you have any problems on using past tenses in Chinese? Here is an example to help you to grab the knowledge(for intermediate level)","og_url":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/some-tips-on-past-tenses-illustration.html","article_published_time":"2013-07-11T07:49:42+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-05-03T06:15:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":580,"height":270,"url":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/past.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"QIN CHEN","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@digmandarin","twitter_site":"@digmandarin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"QIN CHEN","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/some-tips-on-past-tenses-illustration.html","url":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/some-tips-on-past-tenses-illustration.html","name":"Some Tips on Past Tenses Illustration","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-07-11T07:49:42+00:00","dateModified":"2022-05-03T06:15:21+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ae56e168e92841265b0cc67e8f2a0131"},"description":"Do you have any problems on using past tenses in Chinese? Here is an example to help you to grab the knowledge(for intermediate level)","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/some-tips-on-past-tenses-illustration.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/some-tips-on-past-tenses-illustration.html"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/some-tips-on-past-tenses-illustration.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Some Tips on Past Tenses Illustration (Intermediate Level)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/","name":"","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ae56e168e92841265b0cc67e8f2a0131","name":"QIN CHEN","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bjm.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bjm.jpg","caption":"QIN CHEN"},"description":"Qin Chen focuses on teaching Chinese and language acquisition. She is willing to introduce more about Chinese learning ways and skills. Now, she is working as Mandarin teacher at All Mandarin.","url":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/author\/qinchen"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465"},{"taxonomy":"post_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_series?post=465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}