Grammar 10

Question 1

How long have you been - present
Q. Will you stay long in Mongolia?
A. I have been in Mongolia for 18 months

Answer 1

удаж байна уу?
Q. Монголд удаж байна уу?
A. Moнголд 18 сар болж байна

Question 2

Will you stay long - future
Q. Will you stay long in Hong Kong?
A. I will stay for 2 months

Answer 2

удах уу? / гонконгт хэр удах вэ?
Q. гонконгт удах уу?
A. 2 сар болно

Question 3

Did you stay long?
Q.Did you stay long in Erdenet?
A. We stayed for 2 nights.

Answer 3

удсан уу?
Q. та нар эрдэнэтэд удсан уу?
A. 2 хоног болсон \ 2 хоносон

Question 4

past tense - did not do something

Bold did not eat ice cream

Answer 4

аагүй

болд зайрмаг идээгүй.

Question 5

When …..had not done…. used with 2 subjects
2 action sentence - use хад for the 1st action
When Kate had done her homework, I had not done my homework.
When the teacher had come the students hadn’t come.

Answer 5

aarүй байсан

Кейтыг гэрийн даалгавараа хииж байхад би гэрийн даалгавараа хиигээгүй байсан.
багшийг ирэхэд оюутанууд ирээгүй байсан.

Question 6

is not doing something - 1 subject
John is not learning Mongolian.
Older brother is not eating his food.

Answer 6

аагүй байна
Жон монгол хэл сураагүй байна.
Ах хоолoo идээгүй байна.

Question 7

When …….. will not have done something - 2 subjects. Using the will not have participle 2
2 action sentence - use хад for the 1st action
When you come tomorrow I will not have finished my translation.
By November we will not have edited our book

Answer 7

aarүй байна

Таныг маргааш ирэхэд миний орчуулга дуусаагүй
байна.
11 сар гэхэд бид номоо хэвлүүлээгүй байна.

Question 8

When or while something was happening
2 subjects.. For 2 action sentences use хад for the first actions.
Yesterday when you phoned I was sleeping
While I was reading a book our younger sibling was eating his food.

Answer 8

ж ч байсан

Өчигдөр таныг утасдахад би унтаж байсан.
Намайг ном уншиж байхад дүү маань хоолоо идэж байсан.

Question 9

was doing something - 1 subject
If used for some time in the past the exact time must be used.
I was reading a book
Yesterday at 8.00 I was listening to theMongolian news.

Answer 9

ж ч байсан

би ном уншиж байсан.
Би Өчигдөр орой 8.00 цагт монголын мэдээ сонсож байсан.

Question 10

am doing something

I am reading a book.

Answer 10

ж ч байна

би ном уншиж байна.