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| + | #REDIRECT[[Expressing "ever since" with "zicong"]] |
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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."
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| − | == Structure ==
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| − | <div class="jiegou">
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| − | 自 + time (date, year, decade) + 起, result/situation
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| − | == Examples ==
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| − | <div class="liju">
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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">
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| − | *<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">
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| − | *<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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| − | ==Sources and further reading==
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| − | === Books ===
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| − | {{Source|Anything Goes (无所不谈)|37}}
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| − | {{Used for|Expressing the past}}
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| − | {{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|}}
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| − | {{Rel char|自}}
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| − | {{Rel char|起}}
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| − | {{Similar|Expressing "from… to…" with "cong… dao…"}}
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| − | {{Translation|from a certain time on}}
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