▎會, huì, (Vaux), as Verb Complement (3)

 

Function 會 is most often an auxiliary verb, but it can also serve as a verb complement of such verbs as 學xué, 教jiāo, 練liàn to express the result of ‘mastery’ ,‘achievement’ and ‘proficiency’.

1 我在大學的時候學會怎麼開車。

Wǒ zài dàxué de shíhòu xuéhuì zěnme kāi chē.

I learned how to drive a car when I was in university.

2 只有一個鐘頭的課，老師要教會學生怎麼寫書法很難。

Zhǐ yǒu yí ge zhōngtóu de kè, lǎoshī yào jiāohuì xuéshēng zěnme xiě shūfǎ hěn nán.

It would be difficult to teach students how to write calligraphy (and do well) in just one 1-hour class.

3 學生學會了用中文介紹自己。

Xuéshēng xuéhuìle yòng Zhōngwén jièshào zìjǐ.

The students learned how to introduce themselves in Chinese.

 

Structures

Negation：

1 我學游泳只學了一個禮拜，還沒學會。

Wǒ xué yóuyǒng zhǐ xuéle yí ge lǐbài, hái méi xuéhuì.

I have been learning how to swim for only one week, I can’t quite do it yet.

2 師父教了兩個星期了，還沒教會他太極拳最難的動作。

Shīfù jiāole liǎng ge xīngqí le, hái méi jiāohuì tā Tàijí quán zuì nán de dòngzuò.

After two weeks of classes the Master has yet to successfully teach him the most difficult Tai Chi move.

3 我們都沒學會怎麼騎腳踏車。

Wǒmen dōu méi xuéhuì zěnme qí jiǎotàchē.

None of us learned how to ride a bike.

Questions：

1 這些字你是不是都學會了？

Zhèxiē zì nǐ shìbúshì dōu xuéhuì le?

Have you learned all these characters?

2 太極拳學了這麼久，你還沒學會啊？

Tàijí quán xuéle zhème jiǔ, nǐ hái méi xuéhuì a?

You’ve been studying Tai Chi for such a long time and you haven’t mastered it yet?

3 你教會了那些小孩踢足球了沒有？

Nǐ jiāohuìle nàxiē xiǎohái tī zúqiú le méi yǒu?

Have you succeeded in teaching those kids to play soccer?

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