Sentence pattern · Band 2
次: how many times
动词 + 数字 + 次
次 counts how many times the deed happened, and it rides on the verb's back: 去过三次 means been three times. The number plus 次 lands after the verb, and if there is an object, the object follows the count. Once counts as 一次 and twice as 两次; the question word for it is 几次.
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Mistakes people make
The count rides on the verb's back with 次; it never opens the sentence before the verb.
With a plain noun object, the count sits between the verb and the object: 我看了两次电影. Place names are the exception, where both orders work, so 我去过中国三次 and 我去过三次中国 are both fine.
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What does 动量补语：次 mean?
次 counts how many times the deed happened, and it rides on the verb's back: 去过三次 means been three times. The number plus 次 lands after the verb, and if there is an object, the object follows the count. Once counts as 一次 and twice as 两次; the question word for it is 几次.
How do you build it?
动词 + 数字 + 次
What is the most common mistake?
我三次去过中国。 → 我去过三次中国。
The count rides on the verb's back with 次; it never opens the sentence before the verb.
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