▎了1…了2, (le (Ptc)... le (Ptc)), Completion-to-date (5)

 

Function The Double了＋Time-Duration pattern indicates the completion of an action up to the time of speaking. The action may or may not continue, depending on the context.

1 她已經在臺灣玩了一年了。

Tā yǐjīng zài Táiwān wánle yì nián le.

She has already been in Taiwan for a year.

2 陳小姐在美國住了五年了。

Chén xiǎojiě zài Měiguó zhùle wǔ nián le.

Miss Chen has lived in the US for five years.

3 我工作了兩個月了。

Wǒ gōngzuòle liǎng ge yuè le.

I’ve been working for two months by now.

4 這間房子，他已經租了半年了。

Zhè jiān fángzi, tā yǐjīng zūle bàn nián le.

He has been renting this house for half a year.

5 他們學中文學了三個星期了。

Tāmen xué Zhōngwén xuéle sān ge xīngqí le.

They have studied Chinese for three weeks now.