Verb + 到 + Time / Event (until) · 动词 + 到 + 时间 / 事件
An endpoint differs from an elapsed duration
- You describe working up to a late time.
- 我们工作到很晚。 — 到 introduces the endpoint reached by the work.
An endpoint differs from an elapsed duration
- You describe working up to a late time.
- we / us我们to work工作to / arrive到very很evening晚。 — to / arrive到 introduces the endpoint reached by the work.
You describe working up to a late time. What does 我们工作到很晚。 communicate?
到 introduces the endpoint reached by the work. 工作了三个小时 instead measures duration. An endpoint does not necessarily imply that no work resumed after a break.
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is Verb + 到 + Time / Event (until). Locate it in the original interlinear examples below.
- Keep the words in their demonstrated positions; the pattern must fit the intended situation as well as the sentence form.
we我们work工作until到very很late晚。
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is Verb + to / arrive到 + Time / Event (until). Locate it in the original interlinear examples below.
- Keep the words in their demonstrated positions; the pattern must fit the intended situation as well as the sentence form.
we我们work工作until到very很late晚。
Using the lesson pattern in this demonstrated example: We worked until very late: 我们工作 ____ 很晚。
Verb + 到 + Time = do … until: 工作到很晚. · 动词 + 到 + 时间 = ……到……:工作到很晚。
Read examples in context
- In the opening example, 我们工作到很晚。: 到 introduces the endpoint reached by the work.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
Read examples in context
- In the opening example, we / us我们to work工作to / arrive到very很evening晚。: to / arrive到 introduces the endpoint reached by the work.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
What does 到 mark here? · 这里的 到 标记什么?
到很晚 gives an endpoint. It does not guarantee that the action never resumed after a break.
Know the boundary
- 工作了三个小时 instead measures duration.
- An endpoint does not necessarily imply that no work resumed after a break.
Know the boundary
- to work工作(completed / change)了三个hour小时 instead measures duration.
- An endpoint does not necessarily imply that no work resumed after a break.
等到明天 means “wait until tomorrow”. · 等到明天 表示“等到明天”。
Yes — Verb + 到 + Time: 等到明天. · 对 —— 动词 + 到 + 时间:等到明天。
到很晚 means the work lasted exactly three hours.
工作了三个小时 instead measures duration. An endpoint does not necessarily imply that no work resumed after a break. 到 introduces the endpoint reached by the work.
Use the distinction
- 到 introduces the endpoint reached by the work.
- 工作了三个小时 instead measures duration. An endpoint does not necessarily imply that no work resumed after a break.
Read the full reference: HSK 4 grammar — Verb phrases.
Use the distinction
- to / arrive到 introduces the endpoint reached by the work.
- to work工作(completed / change)了三个hour小时 instead measures duration. An endpoint does not necessarily imply that no work resumed after a break.
Read the full reference: HSK 4 grammar — Verb phrases.