Difference between revisions of "Expressing "when" with "shi""

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By now you should now how to express "when" using "的时候" (de shíhou). But there's also a slightly shorter, more formal way to do it: simply use 时 (shí) all by itself. (No 的!)

(Subject) + Verb / Adj. + 时， Subject + Verb + Object

As time words can appear before or after the subject, you can also place the Time + 时 (shí) after the subject.

There are two great examples of this pattern in the poem 远和近 by 顾城:

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-By now you should now [[ |how to express "when" using "的时候" (de shíhou)]]. But there's also a slightly shorter, more formal way to do it: simply use 时 (shí) all by itself. (No 的!)
+By now you should now [["When" with "de shihou"|how to express "when" using "的时候" (de shíhou)]]. But there's also a slightly shorter, more formal way to do it: simply use 时 (shí) all by itself. (No 的!)
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