Repairs and maintenance

Woordenschat

• 漏水to leak water
• 维修to repair / maintenance
• 电工electrician
• 水管water pipe
• 暖气片radiator
• 保险丝fuse
• 坏了broken / out of order
• 故障breakdown / fault
• 修好to fix / repair completely
• 工具tool

Uitdrukkingen

• 水管漏水了，怎么办？The pipe is leaking, what should I do?
• 我叫了维修师傅来I called a repairman to come
• 这个问题修不好了This problem can't be fixed
• 什么时候能来修？When can you come to repair it?
• 我把故障报告给物业了I reported the breakdown to building management

Veelgemaakte fouten

• ✗水管漏水了我修不了它。
  ✓这个水管我修不了。

  For potential complements (修不了), the object goes before the verb phrase — 这个水管我修不了 places it naturally as the topic.

• ✗门关不好上。
  ✓门关不上。

  关不上 is the fixed potential complement meaning cannot close — 好 does not belong here. The pattern is V + 不 + directional complement.

• ✗我叫了来维修师傅。
  ✓我叫了维修师傅来。

  来 (come) is a directional complement that follows the verb + object — 叫了维修师傅来, not 叫了来维修师傅.

• ✗故障被修好了我。
  ✓故障被修好了。

  In a 被 passive, the agent (doer) goes after 被, not at the end — and if the doer is obvious, omit it entirely.

• ✗电工把灯换了好。
  ✓电工把灯换好了。

  In 把 constructions, the resultative complement 好 attaches directly to the verb 换 — 换好了, not 换了好.

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