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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 ==

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自 + time (date, year, decade) + 起,  result/situation
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== Examples ==

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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">

==Sources and further reading==

=== Books ===

{{Source|Anything Goes (无所不谈)|37}}

[[Category:A2 grammar points]]
{{Used for|Expressing the past}}
{{Basic Grammar||B1|自⋯⋯起|<em>自</em>1 他上大学的时候<em>起</em> 5 ，他很开心。|grammar point|}}
{{Rel char|自}}
{{Rel char|起}}
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{{Translation|from a certain time on}}