Duration of an action - "I was singing for 1 hour"
I am a little confused about how to express the duration of an action in Mandarin.
Out of these sentences, could you tell me which ones are correct, which ones are wrong and which ones are most commonly used?
„Yesterday I was singing songs for one hour“
„昨天我唱歌，唱了一个小时。“
”昨天我唱了一个小时歌。“
"I have been singing songs for one hour (and I am still singing)"
我唱歌，唱了一个小时了。
我唱了一个小时了歌。
我唱了一个小时歌了。
Thank you!
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Answers · 4
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chines do not have any like "to do" "done"and“doing”。so if you want express "will do"，you have ues "将要“。
do something at present，should use “正在做”something。like：我正在唱歌，if you want continues some time，use “已经做了”something “ is a batter
it so difficult use English。I'm done。
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A1:昨天我唱了一小時的歌
A2: 我已經唱一小時的歌了!! 我已經唱了一個小時的歌!!
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The forth one is not correct(我唱了一个小时了歌。) pattern #1 = V +了+时间、数量 （+名词）；pattern #2 = V + l了+时间、数量 （+名词）+了（了 at end of the sentence means change of situation, still doing）
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„Yesterday I was singing songs for one hour“
”昨天我唱了一个小时歌。“ 這個沒錯
"I have been singing songs for one hour (and I am still singing)"
"我已經唱了一個小時的歌"
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