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*我 认识 他 一年 多 了,<em>直到</em> 现在 ,我 <strong>都 不</strong> 知道 他 的 全名 。<span class="pinyin">Wǒ rènshi tā yī nián duō le, <em>zhídào</em> xiànzài, wǒ <strong>dōu bù</strong> zhīdào tā de quánmíng.</span><span class="trans">I've known him for more than one year, but I still don't know his full name now.</span>
 
*我 认识 他 一年 多 了,<em>直到</em> 现在 ,我 <strong>都 不</strong> 知道 他 的 全名 。<span class="pinyin">Wǒ rènshi tā yī nián duō le, <em>zhídào</em> xiànzài, wǒ <strong>dōu bù</strong> zhīdào tā de quánmíng.</span><span class="trans">I've known him for more than one year, but I still don't know his full name now.</span>
 
*<em>直到</em> 他 死 ,我们 <strong>都 没</strong> 见 过 。<span class="pinyin"><em>Zhídào</em> tā sǐ, wǒmen <strong>dōu méi</strong> jiàn guo.</span><span class="trans">We never met till his death.</span>
 
*<em>直到</em> 他 死 ,我们 <strong>都 没</strong> 见 过 。<span class="pinyin"><em>Zhídào</em> tā sǐ, wǒmen <strong>dōu méi</strong> jiàn guo.</span><span class="trans">We never met till his death.</span>
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*<em>直到</em> 大学 毕业 ,我 <strong>才</strong> 开始 一个人 住 。<span class="pinyin"><em>Zhídào</em> dàxué bìyè, wǒ <strong>cái</strong> kāishǐ yī gèrén zhù.</span><span class="trans">It wasn't until I graduated from college that I started living alone.</span>
  
 
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用于描述过去发生的事时,后半句常常用"才"或"都"连接。

Affirmative Pattern

Structure

直到 + Time / Event ,Subj. + 才 + Predicate

Examples

  • 直到 十二 点 半 ,我 做 完 作业 。Zhídào shí'èr diǎn bàn, wǒ cái zuò wán zuòyè.It wasn't until half past twelve in the morning that I finished homework.
  • 直到 去 了 北京 ,他 知道 大 城市 的 生活 多么 不 容易 。Zhídào qù le Běijīng, tā cái zhīdào dàchéngshì de shēnghuó duōme bù róngyì.It was not until he went to Beijing that he began to understand that life in a big city is not easy.
  • 直到 离开 家 ,我 知道 家 有 多 好。Zhídào wǒ líkāi jiā , wǒ cái zhīdào jiā yǒu duō hǎo.I didn't realize how great it is to be at home until I left home.

Negative Pattern

Structure

直到 + Time / Event ,Subj. + 都 + 不 / 没 + Predicate

Examples

  • 我 认识 他 一年 多 了,直到 现在 ,我 都 不 知道 他 的 全名 。Wǒ rènshi tā yī nián duō le, zhídào xiànzài, wǒ dōu bù zhīdào tā de quánmíng.I've known him for more than one year, but I still don't know his full name now.
  • 直到 他 死 ,我们 都 没 见 过 。Zhídào tā sǐ, wǒmen dōu méi jiàn guo.We never met till his death.
  • 直到 大学 毕业 ,我 开始 一个人 住 。Zhídào dàxué bìyè, wǒ cái kāishǐ yī gèrén zhù.It wasn't until I graduated from college that I started living alone.

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