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== Sources and further reading == | == Sources and further reading == | ||
Revision as of 03:35, 24 July 2013
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Using "before" in Chinese is very simple.
Structure
To talk about things in the past "in general", you can use the word 以前 (yǐqián).
以前 + Subject + Verb + Object
You can use this structure to talk about actions that happened at some unspecified time in the past.
Examples
- 以前，我 不 会 中文。Before, I could not speak Chinese.
- 以前，我 不 喝 啤酒。Before, I didn't drink beer.
- 以前，我 不 喜欢 电影。Before, I didn't like movies.
See also
- In the future in general
- Before a specific time
- At the time when
- Before and after with "zhiqian" and "zhihou"
