Expressing "before" in general with "yiqian"

To talk about things in the past "in general", you can use the word 以前 (yǐqián). The structure is:

以前 + Subject + Verb + Object

You can use this structure to talk about actions that happened at some unspecified time in the past.

Some examples:

• 以前，我 不 会 中文。
• 以前，我 不 喝 啤酒。
• 以前，我 不 高兴。