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daily life / structure practice 我们家里每天有很多工作。生活复杂化。 我们都工作。 晚上我的女儿洗澡的时候我正在准备晚饭。我的妻子睡女儿的时候我正在洗碗。 星期六早上我的太太买东西的时候我和女儿一起正在去公园。 我的女儿一般9点睡觉。所以常常我的回家时候她正在睡。 有的时候她8点就睡觉,所以我不能看见她。 有的时候她10点才不睡觉,所以我们可以聊天一点儿。 虽然我早上有空,但是我常常回家晚。 At home we have a lot of work to do every day. Life if complicated. We both work. In the evening while my daughter has a bath I get dinner ready. While my wife puts my daughter to bed I wash the dishes. On Saturday mornings while my wife does the shopping I go to the park with my daughter. My daughter usually goes to sleep at 9 o'clock. So when I get home she is often asleep. Sometimes she is already asleep at 8. So I don’t see her. Sometimes she at 10 she still hasn’t gone to sleep. So we can chat a bit. This text is supposed to practice some structures I have seen 一边。。一边,。。的时候。。正在,就,才。

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daily life / structure practice

我们家里每天有很多工作。生活很复杂化。
我们都有工作。1
晚上我的女儿洗澡的时候我正在准备晚饭。2 我的妻子睡女儿哄女儿睡觉的时候我正在洗碗。
星期六早上我的太太买东西的时候我和女儿一起正在去公园。 3
我的女儿一般9点睡觉。所以常常我的回家的时候她正在睡觉。
有的时候她8点就睡觉,所以我不能看见她和她见面/我见不到她。4 
有的时候她10点才都不睡觉,所以我们可以聊天一点会儿天。5 
虽然我早上有空,但是我常常回家晚回家/很晚回家。 6

At home we have a lot of work to do every day. Life if complicated. We both work.
In the evening while my daughter has a bath I get dinner ready. While my wife puts my daughter to bed I wash the dishes. On Saturday mornings while my wife does the shopping I go to the park with my daughter.

My daughter usually goes to sleep at 9 o'clock. So when I get home she is often asleep. Sometimes she is already asleep at 8. So I don’t see her. Sometimes she at 10 she still hasn’t gone to sleep. So we can chat a bit.


This text is supposed to practice some structures I have seen 一边。。一边,。。的时候。。正在,就,才。

 

1. “我们都工作” is right, but it sounds awkward because there is no object. After adding the character "有", this sentence has a verb and an object.

2.晚上我的女儿洗澡的时候我正在准备晚饭。

This sentence is right, but a more natural way is to omit the first "的". Adding too much “的” will make a sentence sound awkward. However, it is difficult to decide which "的" can be omitted.  I guess it requirs a lot of reading and writing practice.  Normally, you can omit the "的" between "我" and your relatives when you introduce them. For example, 我的女儿=我女儿,我的父亲=我父亲,我的妻子=我妻子,我的舅舅=我舅舅,etc.

3.星期六早上我的太太买东西的时候我和女儿一起正在去公园。

In English you wrote "On Saturday mornings while my wife does the shopping I go to the park with my daughter." I think you mean it is a routine for your family. Chinese doesn't have time tense. To make sure readers understand you want to use "the present simple" you have to add other words.  Here is my suggestion: 每个星期六早上,我太太(I omit the "的")去买东西,而我和我女儿(I omit the "的")去公园。

4. 我不能看见她。It means you are lack the ablitiy to see her with your eyes. Maybe because it is too dark, or she is invisible, or for other reasons. 

   我不能和她见面/我见不到她。It means you cannot meet her.

5. "聊天" is a tricky word. This kind of words are called "离合词". I don't know if you have learned this type of words yet. You can add other words between the first character and the last character of this word, and you use it as an intransive verb. I can tell you more about “离合词” if you are interested.

For example

聊天 To chat 聊一会天 To chat for a while/ a bit

睡觉 To sleep 睡一会觉 To sleep for a while

 

6 In Chinese the adjectivs have to be put before verbs they modify.

 

I hope my correction helps.

 

 

 

 

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daily life / structure practice

 

我们家里每天有很多工作(要做)。

 

生活复杂化。

(生活很复杂。) 


我们都工作。

(我们俩都要工作。)


晚上我的女儿洗澡的时候我正在准备晚饭。

 

我的妻子睡女儿的时候我正在洗碗。

(我的妻子哄女儿睡觉的时候)


星期六早上我的太太买东西的时候我和女儿一起正在去公园。

                (我和女儿一起去公园/我和我女儿正在去公园的路上。)


我的女儿一般9点睡觉。所以常常我的回家时候她正在睡。

                            (所以通常我回家的时候她已经睡了。)


有的时候她8点就睡觉,所以我不能看见她。

(有的时候她8点就已经睡了,所以我回家以后看不到她。)


有的时候她10点才(还)不睡觉,所以我们可以聊天一点儿。

                                         (所以我们可以聊一小会儿。)


虽然我早上有空,但是我常常回家晚。
                     (但是我常常回家比较晚/很晚。)

 

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daily life / structure practice 日常生活——语法结构练习(Grammar structure practice)

我们家里每天有很多工作。生活复杂化。 Grammatically correct, but to sound more natural, I will suggest:每天在家我们都有很多工作要做/每天在家我们都有很多活要干(活 is more colloquial than 工作, and can refer to house chores); moreover, when you write 每天, I will recommend to add 都 for emphasize-“每天……都” sounds more natural to me. On some other occasions, you don't need 都, for example in an academic writing, because 都 sounds a little colloquial too.

生活复杂化 is a great expression, it can be used in academic writing where the authors often use phrases ended with 化, e.g. modernization 现代化, urbanization 城市化. But in this register, it may sound better if you use 生活很复杂.
我们都(要)工作。 Adding 要 sounds more natural to me. 我们都工作 sounds a bit like stating your status, which is a little formal.
晚上我的女儿洗澡的时候,我正在准备晚饭。Remember your comma! Comma is very important in Mandarn, it helps to make your writing more readable. 

我的妻子睡女儿的时候,我正在洗碗。 Well, I need to add something: 睡 when using as a verb can indicate disgraceful meanings, the same as "sleep with somebody".  So the correct way is 我的妻子陪女儿睡觉/哄女儿睡觉. 陪 means in company with somebody, while 哄 can mean sweet-talk, or coax or conciliate.
星期六早上,我的太太买东西的时候,我和女儿一起正在去公园。 正在 indicates the present continuous tense, which is unnecessary here.
我的女儿一般9点睡觉。所以常常我的回家时候她正在睡。 To sound more natural, try:常常我回家的时候,她已经睡着了。
有的时候她8点就睡觉,所以我不能看见她。 不能看见她 sounds odd to me, because 不能 also indicates you don't have the ability to do something, please try:我见不到她.
有的时候她10点才不睡觉,所以我们可以聊天一点儿(wrong)。她10点也不睡觉/还不睡觉/还没睡觉,我们可以聊一伙天。

才 can be used in "not until" structure. I didn't fall asleep until my mom got back 我妈妈回来的时候我才睡着。


虽然我早上有空,但是我常常回家晚。It is fine, but 我常常晚回家 sounds more natural to me

 

Congratulations Ross! You are embarking on new structures!

At home we have a lot of work to do every day. Life if complicated. We both work.
In the evening while my daughter has a bath I get dinner ready. While my wife puts my daughter to bed I wash the dishes. On Saturday mornings while my wife does the shopping I go to the park with my daughter.

My daughter usually goes to sleep at 9 o'clock. So when I get home she is often asleep. Sometimes she is already asleep at 8. So I don’t see her. Sometimes she at 10 she still hasn’t gone to sleep. So we can chat a bit.


This text is supposed to practice some structures I have seen 一边。。一边,。。的时候。。正在,就,才。

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daily life / structure practice

我们在家里每天都有很多工作。生活很复杂化。
我们都工作。
晚上我的女儿洗澡的时候,我正在准备晚饭。我的妻子哄睡女儿的时候,我正在洗碗。
星期六早上,我的太太买东西的时候,我和女儿一起正在去公园。
我的女儿一般9点睡觉。所以常通常我的回家时候她正在睡。
有的时候她8点就睡觉,所以我不能没有看到见她。
有的时候她10点才都不睡觉,所以我们可以聊一会儿天一点儿。
虽然我早上有空,但是我常常回家很晚。

At home we have a lot of work to do every day. Life if complicated.* We both work.
In the evening while my daughter has a bath I get dinner ready. While my wife puts my daughter to bed I wash the dishes. On Saturday mornings while my wife does the shopping I go to the park with my daughter.

My daughter usually goes to sleep at 9 o'clock. So when I get home she is often asleep. Sometimes she is already asleep at 8. So I don’t see her. Sometimes she at 10 she still hasn’t gone to sleep. So we can chat a bit.


This text is supposed to practice some structures I have seen 一边。。一边,。。的时候。。正在,就,才。

 

* Life if complicated. What do you mean by this sentence? Is "Life is complicated"?

 

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daily life / structure practice

我们家里每天有很多事情。生活复杂化。
我们都工作。
晚上我的女儿洗澡的时候我正在准备晚饭。我的妻子陪女儿睡觉睡女儿的时候我正在洗碗。
星期六早上我的太太买东西的时候我和女儿一起正在去公园。
我的女儿一般9点睡觉。所以常常我的回家时候她正在睡觉。
有的时候她8点就睡觉了,所以我不能看见她。
有的时候她10点还不睡觉,所以我们就可以聊一会儿天一点儿。
虽然我早上有空,但是我常常晚回家晚。

At home we have a lot of work to do every day. Life if complicated. We both work.
In the evening while my daughter has a bath I get dinner ready. While my wife puts my daughter to bed I wash the dishes. On Saturday mornings while my wife does the shopping I go to the park with my daughter.

My daughter usually goes to sleep at 9 o'clock. So when I get home she is often asleep. Sometimes she is already asleep at 8. So I don’t see her. Sometimes she at 10 she still hasn’t gone to sleep. So we can chat a bit.


This text is supposed to practice some structures I have seen 一边。。一边,。。的时候。。正在,就,才。

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