Learn Mandarin Chinese – Past Details (shi…de construction) (Lesson 44)

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Learn how to talk about past events using the “shi…de” construction. You’ll also learn to ask when something happened.
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Yesterday – 0:59
Tā Shi Shénme Shíhou Dàode? – 1:07
Shi…de – 1:27
When Did She Arrive? – 1:45
Shi…de – 1:55
Dàode – 2:10
Tā Shi Shénme Shíhou Dàode? – 2:31
Future Vs Past – 3:02
Shì…de Vs Le – 3:23
Nǐ Shi Shénme Shíhou Dàode? – 3:52
Nǐ Shi Yíge Rén Láide Ma? – 5:04
Alone – 5:23
Negative Shi…de – 5:37
Nǐ Shi Yíge Rén Láide Ma? – 5:50
Nǐ Àiren Háizi – 6:15
To Leave – 6:30
Today – 6:38
Nǐ Shénme Shíhou Zǒu? – 6:45
Nǐ Něitiān Zǒu? – 7:07
What Day – 7:25
What Day Are You Leaving? – 7:59
Nǐ Něitiān Zǒu? – 8:05
Nǐmen Zǒu Ma? – 8:11
Bàoěr Xiānsheng – 9:20

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Partial transcript
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Hi, I’m Fame Ketover of Lenguin.com and this is Mandarin Chinese. We’re going to look at some sentences with -when- completed actions took place.
These sentences don’t use the markers “le” and “méi”. The markers “le” and “méi” are used to specify whether or not an action was completed. That is, they’re used when the center of interest of a sentence is the verb. But when the action is in the past and the center of interest is on something other than the verb, like the time the action took place, for example, a completely different construction is used.
Here’s the word for “yesterday”.
zuótiān
zuótiān
zuótiān

Listen to this exchange about when Mrs. Martin arrived.

● When did she arrive?
○ Tā shi shénme shíhou dàode?
○ Tā shi shénme shíhou dàode?
● She arrived yesterday.
○ Tā shi zuótiān dàode.
○ Tā shi zuótiān dàode.

There are two unexpected elements in these sentences. Th…