sentence structure

[mintaj]

hi I have a problem with this task,  i have to rearrenge the  words/phrases to make sentenced. I don't  have answers and i don't know if i done it properly. If any of you could check it and explane what is wrong. 

 

1. 以前      银行         在    我     工作      两年      了   
2. 电视    看      了       三个钟头     弟弟       了
3 了     听     十几分钟       音乐      昨天     我 

 

my answers 

 

1 以前我工作了在银行两年

2 弟弟看电视了三个钟头
3 我昨天听了音乐十几分钟

 

thanks 

[889]

Maybe you worked at the bank two years ago?

[歐博思]

1 以前我工作了在银行两年

  以前我在銀行工作了兩年

place/time/prepositional phrases come before verbs

2 弟弟看电视了三个钟头

  弟弟看了三個鐘頭電視了

看verb電視object. Just put the time duration between verb and object, but notice difference between 看電視 and 工作 and where the time word goes.
3 我昨天听了音乐十几分钟

  昨天我聽了十幾分鐘音樂

same as #2

 

Na zdrowie my friend and good luck

 

[Publius]

For more detailed explanation, read these sections:

Chinese: A Comprehensive Grammar 8.2 zài with location expressions

Chinese: A Comprehensive Grammar 7.2 Duration

[歐博思]

Will second that book above. Definitely worth purchasing.