III. Indicating time in Chinese with “的时候”。
1. Conversation
A:你喜欢踢足球吗?
[nǐ xǐhuan tī zú qiú ma ?]Do you like playing football?
B:非常喜欢。
[fēi cháng xǐhuan 。]Yes, very much.
A:你是什么时候开始踢足球的?
[nǐ shì shén me shíhou kāi shǐ tī zú qiú de ?]When did you begin to play football?
B:我十一岁的时候开始踢足球,已经踢了十年了。
[wǒ shí yī suì de shíhou kāi shǐ tī zú qiú , yǐ jīng tī le shí nián le。]I was 11 when I played football for the first time. It has been 10 years.
2. New Words
7. 非常 fēicháng adv. very, extremely
8. 开始 kāishǐ v. to begin, to start
9.已经 yǐjīng adv. already