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过来/过去

guò lái / guò qù

Draw one line down the middle and 过来/过去 solve themselves

The picture A line drawn between here and there. Cross it toward me and it is 过来; cross it away from me and it is 过去.

Endings and forms

Where the picture shows up in 过来/过去

  1. crossing over to me

    过来一下,我给你看。

    nǐ guò lái yí xià, wǒ gěi nǐ kàn

    Come here a second, let me show you.

  2. crossing over from me

    我现在过去接你。

    wǒ xiànzài guò qù jiē nǐ

    I'll come over and pick you up now.

  3. crossing back to yourself

    他昏迷了三天才醒过来

    tā hūnmí le sān tiān cái xǐng guò lái

    He was out for three days before he came round.

  4. crossing out of yourself

    她当场晕过去了。

    tā dāngchǎng yūn guò qù le

    She fainted right there on the spot.

    醒过来 crosses toward us, 晕过去 crosses away. Remember which side counts as normal and the pair stops being confusing.

  5. not all of it crosses

    活儿太多,一个人忙不过来

    huór tài duō, yí ge rén máng bu guò lái

    There's too much work; one person can't keep up.

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