Difference between revisions of "Expressing "already" with "dou… le""

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- Expressing "already" with "yijing" (HSK2)
- Expressing "already" with just "le" (HSK2)
- Expressing duration of inaction (HSK3)
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Keywords

“都...了“ is used to express that something has already happened, similar to "已经...了". However it is used more emphatically, implying that the speaker holds some sort of attitude in relation to the event, and is not merely objectively stating the facts, as with "已经...了".

Structure

都 + Verb/Adjective/Quantity + 了

Examples

你都快三十了，还不结婚？
现在都是二十一世纪了，你怎么还这么想？
都九点了，快起床吧！
他都到了，你能不见他？
饭都凉了，他怎么还不回来？
你都一个月没上学了，你怎么会通过你的考试？

Sources and further reading

Books

Dictionaries

现代汉语词典（第5版） (pp.329 ) →buy

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 === Books ===
-* [[Chinese Grammar - Broken down into 100 items - Basic and Intermediate Levels (汉语语法百项讲练 - 初中级)] [pp.97-99] [http://www.amazon.cn/gp/product/B004WA6JSQ/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-23&linkCode=as2&camp=536&creative=3132&creativeASIN=B004WA6JSQ →buy]
+* [[Chinese Grammar - Broken down into 100 items - Basic and Intermediate Levels (汉语语法百项讲练 - 初中级)]] (pp. 97-99) [http://www.amazon.cn/gp/product/B004WA6JSQ/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-23&linkCode=as2&camp=536&creative=3132&creativeASIN=B004WA6JSQ →buy]
 *[[现代汉语八百词（增订本）]] (pp. 178) [http://www.amazon.cn/%E7%8E%B0%E4%BB%A3%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E5%85%AB%E7%99%BE%E8%AF%8D/dp/B001198GSW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345693275&sr=8-1 →buy]
 === Dictionaries ===
 * [[现代汉语词典（第5版）]] (pp.329 ) [http://www.amazon.cn/%E7%8E%B0%E4%BB%A3%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E8%AF%8D%E5%85%B8/dp/B001B1RZCI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345693609&sr=8-1 →buy]