11. QUANTITY

+ (-le了) + complement of quantity + (le了)

Specifying the quantity that has been or will be added to or removed from the object as a result of the action.

 

11.1   Shāngdiàn bǎ diànshì de jiàgé jiàngdī-le yí bàn. 

商店把电视的价格降低了一半。

Stores have lowered the price of televisions by half.

 

11.2   Wǒmen yídìng yào bǎ chǎnliàng tígāo-le bǎi fēn zhī èr. 

我们一定要把产量提高百分之二。

We must increase the output by two percent.

 

11.3   Tā yǐjīng bǎ cài qiē-le yí bān le. 

他已经把菜切了一半了。

He has already cut half of the vegetables up to now.