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I was watching this video, and a phrase that struck out to me was
我学习汉语已经十年了 (translated as "I have studied Chinese for ten years")
I never learned this pattern for describing duration of an action, though; here are the ways I might say that sentence:
- 我学习汉语学习了十年了 (I have been studying Chinese for ten years)
- 我学习了十年(的)汉语 (I studied Chinese for ten years)
- 我学习汉语学习了十年 (I studied Chinese for ten years)
- 我已经十年没学习汉语了 (I haven't studied Chinese in ten years)
None of the ways I learned is like what was used in the video, though. My guess is that it's a sort of topic-comment construction, like
topic: 我学习汉语 (me studying Chinese)
comment: 已经十年了 (it's already been ten years)
I would love any clarification on this sentence pattern!
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