Difference between revisions of "Result complement "-wan" for finishing"
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+ | * 做 <em>完</em> 这 些 工作 需要 2 个 小时。 | ||
+ | * 我们 看 <em>完</em> 电影 以后 去 哪里? | ||
+ | * 上 <em>完</em> 课 以后,我 要 请 我 的 老师 吃饭。 | ||
+ | * 我 还 没有 说 <em>完</em> 这 件 事。 | ||
+ | * 你 为什么 不 喝 <em>完</em> 这 杯 白酒? | ||
+ | * 我 看 <em>完</em> 这 些 邮件 以后 跟 你 开会。 | ||
+ | * 你 还 没有 回答 <em>完</em> 我 的 问题。 | ||
* 我 昨天晚上 看 <em>完</em> 了 那 本 书。<span class="trans">I finished reading that book yesterday evening.</span> | * 我 昨天晚上 看 <em>完</em> 了 那 本 书。<span class="trans">I finished reading that book yesterday evening.</span> | ||
* 他 喝 <em>完</em> 了 一 瓶 啤酒 就去 睡觉了。<span class="trans">He finished drinking a bottle of beer and went to bed.</span> | * 他 喝 <em>完</em> 了 一 瓶 啤酒 就去 睡觉了。<span class="trans">He finished drinking a bottle of beer and went to bed.</span> |
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Of all the result complements in Chinese, this one is one of the most satisfying to use, since it implies "finishing" something. On it's own, 完 (wán) means "to finish" or "complete." Using it in this grammar structure, it expresses the idea of doing the verb until you are complete.
Structure
As well as with 到 and 见, you can also form result complements with 完. This indicates that an action is finished or completed. The structure is:
Subject + Verb + 完 + 了 + Object
Examples
- 做 完 这 些 工作 需要 2 个 小时。
- 我们 看 完 电影 以后 去 哪里?
- 上 完 课 以后,我 要 请 我 的 老师 吃饭。
- 我 还 没有 说 完 这 件 事。
- 你 为什么 不 喝 完 这 杯 白酒?
- 我 看 完 这 些 邮件 以后 跟 你 开会。
- 你 还 没有 回答 完 我 的 问题。
- 我 昨天晚上 看 完 了 那 本 书。I finished reading that book yesterday evening.
- 他 喝 完 了 一 瓶 啤酒 就去 睡觉了。He finished drinking a bottle of beer and went to bed.
- 记者 采访 完了 这位 著名的 女演员,然后 离开了酒店。 The journalist finished the interview with the famous actress and the left the hotel.
See also
Sources and further reading
Books
- A Practical Chinese Grammar For Foreigners (外国人实用汉语语法) (pp. 273 - 284) →buy
- Chinese: An Essential Grammar, Second Edition (pp. 97-9) →buy
- Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 2 (pp. 42) →buy
- Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 2 (pp. 86) →buy
- Integrated Chinese: Level 2, Part 1 (pp. 152 - 153) →buy
- New Practical Chinese Reader 2 (新实用汉语课本2) (pp. 87 - 88) →buy
- Practicing HSK Grammar (语法精讲精炼) (pp, 186-187) →buy