adam2073 Posted October 24, 2015 at 10:40 PM Report Posted October 24, 2015 at 10:40 PM Keep studying Chinese for 4 hours. Yi4zhi1 xue2xi2__han4yu3__si4 ge4 xiao3shi2. 一直学习__ 汉语__ 四个小时。 In which blank does it go? Quote
anonymoose Posted October 24, 2015 at 10:46 PM Report Posted October 24, 2015 at 10:46 PM You don't need 了. 1 Quote
H. Harroty Posted October 26, 2015 at 04:14 AM Report Posted October 26, 2015 at 04:14 AM Commonly, the first blank. However, the second blank or no 了 at all just as 2# has said can also come up sometimes. To put 了 in the second blank is a kind of dialectical and quite rare speech, while to go without 了 has a slightly different meaning, which can, for example, mean "I will keep", or suggusts that another more important sentence is coming after it, so you omit 了 to de-emphasize this sentence. Quote
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