I arrived last Tuesday.

  A When did you come to Beijing?

  A 你什么时候来的北京?

  B I came last week. I arrived last Tuesday.

  B 我上周来的。我上周二到的。

  A So you've only been here 5 or 6 days?

  A 那么说你刚到5、6天?

  B Yes, about a week. But I'm going to stay for a month.

  B 是的,差不多一周。但是我打算住上一个月。

  A Did you fly from the States?

  A 你是从美国坐飞机来的吗?

  B Yes, I did. It was a long flight.

  B 是的,我是。那是很长的旅程。

Notes

  1 When you ask about something in the past, you usually use did / did in your question, e.g.: When did you come to Beijing? / When did you come to Beijing?; Did you fly from the States? / Did you fly from the States?

  当你谈论过去的某件事时通常在问句中用did 来帮助提问,例如:When did you come to Beijing? /你什么时候来的北京?;Did you fly from the States? /你是从美国坐飞机来的吗?

  2 In an answer to a question about the past, you use the past form of the verb, e.g.: I came last week / I came last week; I arrived last Tuesday / I arrived last Tuesday.

  在回答关于过去的问题时,用动词的过去式,例如:I came last week /我上周来的; I arrived last Tuesday /我上周二到的。

Key phrases and sentences

  When did you come to Beijing?

  I came last week.

  I arrived last Tuesday.

  So you've only been here 5 or 6 days?

  Yes, about a week.

  But I'm going to stay for a month.

  Did you fly from the States?

  Yes, I did. It was a long flight.

  重要的短语和句子

  你什么时候来的北京?

  我上周来的。我上周二到的。

  那么说你刚到5、6天?

  是的,差不多一周。

  但是我打算住上一个月。

  你是从美国坐飞机来的吗?

  是的,我是。那是很长的旅程。