patricia25 Posted August 7, 2011 at 11:43 AM Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 at 11:43 AM I am obviously a beginner. How does one say Wednesday night? On Wednesday night, it rained a lot at night. Wan3shang de xing1qi1 san1, hen3 xia4yu3. or Xing1qi1 san1 de wan3shang, hen3 xia4yu3. I can't seem to find a tutorial online. Thank you in advance for your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted August 7, 2011 at 02:53 PM Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 at 02:53 PM Xing1qi1 san1 de wan3shang, hen3 xia4yu3. The first part is ok. For "it rained a lot at night." (do you need to mention "at night" again?), consider 下了很大的雨 （xia4 le hen3da4 de yu3). I am not good at writing in pinyin so please forgive me for any mistakes here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricia25 Posted August 7, 2011 at 08:35 PM Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 at 08:35 PM Xiexie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbradfor Posted August 7, 2011 at 11:37 PM Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 at 11:37 PM (edited) Xing1qi1 san1 de wan3shang I don't recall ever hearing a 的 between time units. Am I wrong about this and it's common, or is it uncommon but OK, or just wrong? hen3 xia4yu3 This I believe is wrong. While hen3 (很) is typically translated as "very", it functions some-what kind-of like a verb in Chinese. So you can't use hen3 to modify a verb (here, xia4 下). As skylee pointed out, you need to change the word order so it modifies an adjective (here, da4 (大)). EDIT: stupid explanation above. Try again: just as in English, hen3 (很） can not modify a verb. Here, xia4(下) is a verb. As skylee pointed out, you need to change the word order so it modifies an adjective (here, da4 (大)). Edited August 8, 2011 at 12:24 AM by jbradfor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post daofeishi Posted August 8, 2011 at 01:32 AM Popular Post Report Share Posted August 8, 2011 at 01:32 AM hen3 (很） can not modify a verb 我很尊重jbradfor，很喜欢他发的帖子，不过指出他犯的错误，我很担心他会嫌弃我。 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricia25 Posted August 8, 2011 at 01:59 AM Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2011 at 01:59 AM ok, thank you everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbradfor Posted August 8, 2011 at 02:24 AM Report Share Posted August 8, 2011 at 02:24 AM daofeishi, +1 to you. OK, OK, hen3 can modify a verb. 我很写错 No, wait..... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members declan Posted August 9, 2011 at 04:44 PM New Members Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 at 04:44 PM it should be "星期三的晚上下了很大的雨" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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