1. Tā xiànzài niàn lìshǐ. 他/她現在念歷史。 He is studying history now. Tā niàn lìshǐ, niànle duó jiǔ le? 他/她念歷史,唸了多久了? How long has he studied history? 2 8 FSI-Chinese 2. Tā niànguo lìshǐ. 他/她念過歷史。 He studied history. Tā niàn lìshǐ, niànle duó jiǔ? 他/她念歷史,唸了對久? How long did he study history? 2 8 FSI-Chinese 3. Tā xiànzài hái niàn lìshǐ. 他/她現在還念歷史。 He/she is still studying history. Tā niàn lìshǐ, hái xiǎng niàn duó jiǔ? 他/她念歷史,還想念多久? How long does he/she plan to study history? 2 8 FSI-Chinese 4. Tā xiànzài niàn Zhōngguo wénxüé. 他/她現在念中國文學。 He/she is now studying Chinese literature. Tā niàn Zhōngguo wénxüé, niànle duó jiǔ le? 他/她念中國文學,唸了多久了? How long has he/she been studying Chinese literature? 2 8 FSI-Chinese 5. Tā niànguo Zhōngguo wénxüé. 他/她念過中國文學。 He/she has studied Chinese literature. Tā niàn Zhōngguo wénxüé, niànle duó jiǔ? 他/她念中國文學,唸了多久? How long did he/she study Chinese literature? 2 8 FSI-Chinese 6. Tā ziànzài hái niàn Rìwén. 他/她現在還念日文。 He/she is still studying Japanese. Tā niàn Rìwén, hái xiǎng niàn duó jiǔ? 他/她念日文,還想念多? How long does he/she plan to study Japanese? 2 8 FSI-Chinese 7. Tā niànguo Rìwén. 他/她念過日文。 He/she has studied Chinese. Tā niàn Rìwén, niànle duó jiǔ? 他/她念日文,唸了多久? How long has he/she been studying Japanese? 2 8 FSI-Chinese 8. Tā xüéguo Yīngwén. 他/她學過英文。 He/she has learned English. Tā xüé Yīngwén, xüéle duó jiǔ? 他/她學英文,學了多久? How long has he/she been learning English? 2 8 FSI-Chinese 9. Tā xiànzài hái xüé Yīngwén. 他/她現在還學英文。 He/she is still learning English. Tā xüé Yīngwén, hái xiǎng xüé duó jiǔ? 他/她學英文,還想學多久? How long does he/she plan to learn English. 2 8 FSI-Chinese 10. Tā xiànzài zài kōngjǖn zuò shì. 他/她現在在空軍做事。 He/she now works for the Air Force. Tā zài kōngjǖn zuò shì, zuòle duó jiǔ le? 他/她在空軍做事,做了多久了? how long has he/she been working for the Air Force? 2 8 FSI-Chinese