CLO_111: Don’t forget your umbrella!
Dialogue: Numbers
A: Wo3 xi1wang4 ming2tian1 de tian1qi4 hui4 hen3 hao3. Yin1wei4 wo3 xiang3yao4 dai4 xiao3hai2 qu4 gong1yuan2 wan2.
B: Wo3 ting1 shuo1 hui4 xia4yu3. Suo3yi3 ji4de yao4 dai4 yu3san3.
A: Ru2guo3 xia4yu3, wo3men hui4 dai1 zai4 jia1li3. Wo3 bu4 xiang3 rang4 xiao3hai2 sheng1 bing4.
Dialogue: Tones
A: Wǒ xīwàng míngtiān de tiānqì huì hěn hǎo. Yīnwèi wǒ xiǎngyào dài xiǎohái qù gōngyuán wán.
B: Wǒ tīng shuō huì xiàyǔ. Suǒyǐ jìde yào dài yǔsǎn.
A: Rúguǒ xiàyǔ, wǒmen huì dāi zài jiālǐ. Wǒ bù xiǎng ràng xiǎohái shēng bìng.
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March 20th, 2010 at 8:27 am
Hi Adam,
can you please explain me in the sentence:
it’s going to rain = yao xiayu le
why do we put a -le- at the end??I thought le was only for sentences in the past.
Thanks
Sandra
March 26th, 2010 at 3:07 am
Hi Sandra,
Good question - le actually describes a change in situation (which usually describes a situation in the past but not necessarily). In your example, the speaker uses it to emphasize that the situation has just changed to it going to rain (perhaps the weather was nicer before). The sentence could be said without the le, but then the change in weather would not be apparent.
Hope that helps.