Elementary Chinese Readers 2 [antikvár]

(6) • • The adverb or optative verb, if there is any, should be put in front of the repeated ver6 as shown in Examples (4) and (6), If the object of the verb is not a personal pronoun, the word and phrase denoting time can be put between the verb and its object. (In this case, can also be inserted between the word and phrase denoting time and the object), e.g. (7) • • • • (8) ^^jf • • • • 2. The complement of time (2) iHi, ia "^(^k)", The complement of time sometimes indicates a period of time from the beginning of an action until a certain later time (or the time of speaking). Most of the actions are ones which are already completed and usually shown by such verbs as «^(^Ik)", "^Ij", (sT, to die)" and "^JF (ITkai, to leave)" etc. The complement of time should be put after the object if the verb takes one e.g. 9