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要……了 — about to happen
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Dark clouds over the park
- You are in the park with a friend. The sky turns dark and the wind picks up.
- about to要to rain下雨(completed / change)了，we我们回家吧。 — "It's about to rain. Let's go home."
about to要 + verb + (completed / change)了: about to happen
- about to要……(completed / change)了 says something will happen very soon: about to要to rain下雨(completed / change)了, it's about to rain; train火车about to要leave开(completed / change)了, the train is about to leave.
- (completed / change)了 at the end is required in this pattern. about to要to rain下雨 alone can sound like a plan or a forecast, not "any minute now".
train火车about to要leave开了。
Complete: “It’s about to rain.” 要下雨____。
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The final 了 is required in 要……了.
Sooner still: nearly at the point of…快要……(completed / change)了 and about to就要……(completed / change)了
- nearly at the point of…快要……(completed / change)了 and rapid快……(completed / change)了 stress that it is very close: 快到(completed / change)了, we're nearly there.
- about to就要……(completed / change)了 can take a time word: we我们tomorrow明天about to就要take an exam考试(completed / change)了。 — "We have the exam tomorrow."
we我们tomorrow明天about to就要take an exam考试了。
Which says “We have the exam tomorrow”?
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With a time word such as 明天, use 就要……了. 快要 does not take a time word.
Build: “We are nearly there.”
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快 + verb + 了 says something is very close to happening.
Answering
- Answer a question like movie电影about to要to start开始(completed / change)了(yes/no ?)吗？ with about to要to start开始(completed / change)了 (yes, any minute) or still / also还not / haven't没(and …? / softener)呢 (not yet).
- about to要……(completed / change)了 talks about the near future, so do not use it for something that has already happened.
火车要开了 means the train left some time ago.
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False. 要……了 means the train is about to leave.
Watch out
- With a time word, use about to就要……(completed / change)了, not nearly at the point of…快要……(completed / change)了: tomorrow明天about to就要take an exam考试(completed / change)了, not tomorrow明天nearly at the point of…快要take an exam考试(completed / change)了.
- Keep the final (completed / change)了. Without it, about to要 may sound like “want to” or a plan: I / me我about to要take an exam考试 can mean “I am going to take an exam”.
Recap
- (rapid快/then / just就)about to要 + verb + (completed / change)了 = about to happen: about to要to rain下雨(completed / change)了, 快到(completed / change)了.
- Use about to就要……(completed / change)了 with a time word (tomorrow明天about to就要take an exam考试(completed / change)了). Keep the final (completed / change)了.
You are on a train with a friend. Say the train is about to arrive, that it is about to rain, and that you have a class tomorrow. Close the examples. Say it, then write it in Chinese.
Compare meaning and word order with the model; your sentences need not copy it. A partner or teacher must hear the spoken version to comment on pronunciation.