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Unlike the punctual time, the duration is not a circumstantial complement (which is placed before the verb), but a verbal complement which is placed after the verb: | Unlike the punctual time, the duration is not a circumstantial complement (which is placed before the verb), but a verbal complement which is placed after the verb: | ||
*<span class="notranslate">我學漢語兩年。/我学汉语两年。 (Wǒ xué hànyǔ liǎng nián.) </span> | *<span class="notranslate">我學漢語兩年。/我学汉语两年。 (Wǒ xué hànyǔ liǎng nián.) </span> | ||
<blockquote>I have | <blockquote>I have learned Chinese for 2 years.</blockquote> | ||
===Use of <span class="notranslate">了 (le)</span>=== | ===Use of <span class="notranslate">了 (le)</span>=== |