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How to state "to be on time" and "to have no time"
How to state "to be on time" and "to have no time"
HSK 4
new HSK 4
Verbs
The verbs
来得及
and
来不及
can be used both independently and with a verb placed after them.
Pay attention
来不及 is often used with the particle
了
at the end of a sentence.
Examples
不用着急,我们
来得及
Don't worry, we have time
búyòng zhāojí, wǒmen láidejí
我们还
来得及
去吃饭
We still have time to eat
wǒmen hái láidejí qù chīfàn
我起得很晚,
来不及
准备行李箱
了
I got up too late so I had no time to pack my suitcase.
wǒ qǐ de hěn wǎn, láibují zhǔnbèi xínglǐxiāng le
The negative adverbs
没
and
没有
can be placed before 来得及 to express "had no time".
Pay attention
The difference between 来不及 and 没来得及 is that 来不及 can be used not only in the past tense, but also in the present and future tenses.
Examples
我还
没来得及
解释跟她, 她就跑了
She ran away before I could explain it to her
wǒ hái méi láidejí jiěshì gēn tā, tā jiù pǎo le
她
没来得及
坐那趟公交
She missed that bus
tā méi láidejí zuò nà tàng gōngjiāo
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