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From :   teresatengfan

Date : 2010-08-26 / 01:30PM

你好benny老师?
你可以帮我吗? 我怎么说这个句子,
I saw her writing on your wall。=我看到了他写你的墙上
你也可以告诉我怎么用“了”?
普通话, 我们应该说:
我吃饭了。
可是我看到了一本书从台湾说:我吃了早饭
因为有两个词所以了在verb后面。不过有一个词了在object后面。例如:我吃饭了。
I’m lost or confused 是怎么说的?

谢谢上海的好的老师。

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 Benny the Mandarin Teacher askbenny.net 
2010-08-26 / 06:10PM

Hi teresatengfan ,

You should say: 我看到他在你的墙上写字

The difference between those 2 sentences:

“我吃饭了” emphasizes the “status” that you are currently not hungry.

“我吃了饭” emphasizes the time that you just finished eating

Benny



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