一直 (all along, continuously) · 一直
Waiting lasts through a time span
- You wait throughout the morning for news.
- 我一直在等你的消息。 — 一直 describes the continuing wait across that span.
Waiting lasts through a time span
- You wait throughout the morning for news.
- I / me我all along一直at / in在to wait for等you你(of / 's)的news消息。 — all along一直 describes the continuing wait across that span.
You wait throughout the morning for news. What does 我一直在等你的消息。 communicate?
一直 describes the continuing wait across that span. 一直 also describes enduring habits or a spatial direction, such as 一直往前走. It need not mean continuous physical activity every second: 我一直喜欢音乐 describes a lasting preference.
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is 一直 (all along, continuously). Locate it in the original interlinear examples below.
- Keep the words in their demonstrated positions; the pattern must fit the intended situation as well as the sentence form.
I我all along一直very很like喜欢you你。
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is all along一直 (all along, continuously). Locate it in the original interlinear examples below.
- Keep the words in their demonstrated positions; the pattern must fit the intended situation as well as the sentence form.
I我all along一直very很like喜欢you你。
Using the lesson pattern in this demonstrated example: Complete: 我 ____ 很喜欢你。(I've liked you all along.)
一直 = one unbroken stretch up to now — 一直很喜欢. · 一直 = 持续不断到现在 —— 一直很喜欢。
Read examples in context
- In the opening example, 我一直在等你的消息。: 一直 describes the continuing wait across that span.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
Read examples in context
- In the opening example, I / me我all along一直at / in在to wait for等you你(of / 's)的news消息。: all along一直 describes the continuing wait across that span.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
In 我一直在等你的消息, 一直 presents waiting as…
It continues through the relevant span. Other uses include lasting preferences and straight-ahead direction.
Build: “The boss is always busy.” · 排一排:“老板一直很忙。”
Subject + 一直 + Predicate: 老板 + 一直 + 很忙. · 主语 + 一直 + 谓语:老板 + 一直 + 很忙。
Know the boundary
- 一直 also describes enduring habits or a spatial direction, such as 一直往前走.
- It need not mean continuous physical activity every second: 我一直喜欢音乐 describes a lasting preference.
Know the boundary
- all along一直 also describes enduring habits or a spatial direction, such as all along一直往前走.
- It need not mean continuous physical activity every second: I / me我all along一直to like喜欢music音乐 describes a lasting preference.
总是迟到 is a natural way to describe repeated lateness.
总是 highlights repetition. 一直 can also describe enduring habits or states; the distinction is a focus, not an absolute ban.
一直喜欢音乐 means listening to music every second without sleeping.
一直 also describes enduring habits or a spatial direction, such as 一直往前走. It need not mean continuous physical activity every second: 我一直喜欢音乐 describes a lasting preference. 一直 describes the continuing wait across that span.
Use the distinction
- 一直 describes the continuing wait across that span.
- 一直 also describes enduring habits or a spatial direction, such as 一直往前走. It need not mean continuous physical activity every second: 我一直喜欢音乐 describes a lasting preference.
Read the full reference: HSK 3 grammar — Adverbs.
Use the distinction
- all along一直 describes the continuing wait across that span.
- all along一直 also describes enduring habits or a spatial direction, such as all along一直往前走. It need not mean continuous physical activity every second: I / me我all along一直to like喜欢music音乐 describes a lasting preference.
Read the full reference: HSK 3 grammar — Adverbs.