ABSTRACT

Xiao Wang has a really good memory. He reads an article (only) twice and he memorizes it. I often read it over ten times to (fi nally) memorize it. (‘Only’ is implied by ህ, ‘fi nally’ is implied by ᠡ.)

Ҟ໽៥೼ὐϟিњҪϸ⃵ҪህϟᴹњDŽ (ህ implies I usually have to call him more than twice.) JCntiAn wN zài lóu xià jiào le tA liKng cì tA jiù xiàlái le. Today I only called out to him twice from downstairs before he came down. Compare: 䖭Ͼ䯂乬ˈ៥䯂њҪϸ⃵ҪᠡಲㄨDŽ (ᠡ implies that he delayed in giving a reply.) Zhè ge wèntí, wN wèn le tA liKng cì tA cái huídá. I asked him the question twice before he (fi nally) replied.