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| + | *<em>自</em>我记事<em>起</em>，奶奶就已经很老了. <span class="trans">My grandmother has been very old since I can remember. </span class="trans"> | ||
| + | *<em>自</em>有共享单车<em>起</em>，我再也不想走路了. <span class="trans">Since I used the bike share, I have not wanted to walk. </span class="trans"> | ||
| + | *<em>自</em>他找到工作<em>起</em>，他就没有那么低落了. <span class="trans">He has not been so down since he got the job. </span class="trans"> | ||
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It's important to be able to indicate "from a certain time on" when expressing a situation or event that occurred after said time. The "自……起" structure is especially helpful and easy to use in order to express "from (time) on."
Structure
自 + time (date, year, decade) + 起, result/situation
Examples
- 自我记事起，奶奶就已经很老了. My grandmother has been very old since I can remember.
- 自有共享单车起，我再也不想走路了. Since I used the bike share, I have not wanted to walk.
- 自他找到工作起，他就没有那么低落了. He has not been so down since he got the job.
