我回了
Oct 28th 2009 12:31
我回了！
为什么这么长时间去了吗？
我很懒了。
I'm back!
Why was I gone for so long?
I was lazy.
为什么这么长时间去了吗？
我很懒了。
I'm back!
Why was I gone for so long?
I was lazy.
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我回来了！
为什么这么长时间去了吗？为什么去了这么久？
我很懒了。
Why was I gone for so long?Is using "was" in this sentence correct?I suppose whether this sentence should use "have"?i.e. Why have I gone for so long?
Why was I gone for so long?
Why have I been gone for so long?
They both have similar meanings, and for the most part, you can use both interchangeably. But to be specific, 'was gone' means something that happened in the past, and that's all. But 'have been gone' means something that has happened over time and stopped now. If there was a time line, 'was gone' would be a single point on the time line, and 'have been gone' would be a line segment.
was gone: past -----------------------.------------------- now
have been gone: past ---------------------------| |- now
thanks for correcting!
hope that makes sense :)