Difference between revisions of "Expressing "before" in general with "yiqian""
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| − | * <em>以前</em> | + | * <em>以前</em>我 不 会 中文。<span class="trans">Before,I could not speak Chinese.</span> |
| − | * <em>以前</em> | + | * 我<em>以前</em>不 喝 啤酒。<span class="trans">I didn't drink beer before.</span> |
| − | * <em>以前</em> | + | * <em>以前</em>我 不 喜欢 电影。<span class="trans">Before, I didn't like movies.</span> |
| + | *我<em>以前</em>很喜欢吃面条。<span class="trans">I'd like noodles before.</span> | ||
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Revision as of 03:58, 21 August 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
Subject + 以前 + 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.
- 我以前不 喝 啤酒。I didn't drink beer before.
- 以前我 不 喜欢 电影。Before, I didn't like movies.
- 我以前很喜欢吃面条。I'd like noodles before.
See also
- In the future in general
- Before a specific time
- At the time when
- Before and after with "zhiqian" and "zhihou"
