Grammar Notes 11
  
  1. In Lesson 4, wfh   Da&y Click to Listen ------ was used as a helping verb. Here it is used as a main verb meaning 'to get, attain'.

For example,

   vkp5g9qhkwfh9adxuClick to Listen aaNu& ca@w da@y ca@k pii How old are you?

        

  1. ny&G  Vbj' Click to Listen 'one' is sometimes left out of some expressions.   Xdyog;]k -qj;3,'Vbj'? kin we#ela#a su&amo#oG khA&GClick to Listen -------It takes one and a half hours. 

    Note the meaning difference word order makes in the following two phrases.

  -qj;3,'g7uj'Click to Listen su&amo#oG khA&G one and a half hours
  g7uj'-qj;3,'Click to Listen khA&G su&amo#oG half an hour
      
  1. Although ny&G  Vbj'  Click to Listen  usually follows a noun, it must come before the noun in phrases such as the following. 
  Vbj'-qj;3,'xkpClick to Listen ny&G su&amo#oG paay more than one hour
  Vbj'-qj;3,' ly[okmuClick to Listen ny&G su&amo#oG si#p na#athi#i one hour and 10 minutes
  Vbj'3,'shkly[Click to Listen ny&G mo#oG ha^a si#p 1.50 o'clock

 

     
         
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