Difference between revisions of "Expressing "once...then..." with "yidan...jiu...""
| Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
== Structure == | == Structure == | ||
| + | |||
| + | This structure is similar to the English "once...then", as in "once the company goes bankrupt, your family will lose all its money." | ||
<div class="jiegou"> | <div class="jiegou"> | ||
| Line 13: | Line 15: | ||
=== Examples === | === Examples === | ||
| + | |||
| + | <div class="jiegou"> | ||
| + | |||
| + | * <em>一旦</em> 我 找 好 的 工作，我 就 会 安心。 | ||
| + | * 这 张 桌子 不 稳定，<em>一旦</em> 发生 什么 小 小 的 振动，就 会 倒塌。 | ||
| + | * 学习 计算机 科学 的 学生 很 自信，他们 <em>一旦</em> 毕业，就 会 找 到 很 好 的 工作。 | ||
| + | * 千万 不 要 在 经济 泡沫 中 炒股，<em>一旦</em> 市场 崩溃，你 会 很 后悔 的！ | ||
| + | |||
| + | </div> | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Sources and further reading == | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Books === | ||
| + | |||
| + | *[[Common Chinese Patterns 330 (汉语常用格式330例)]] (p.330)[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/7802006473/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=7802006473 →buy] | ||
| + | |||
| + | [[Category: B2 grammar points]] | ||
| + | {{Basic Grammar|一旦|B2|一旦……，就……|<em>一旦</em> 我 找 好 的 工作，我 就 会 安心。|grammar point|ASGU3ZV1}} | ||
| + | {{Similar|"Only if" with "zhiyou"}} | ||
| + | {{Similar|"If…, then…" with "ruguo…, jiu…"}} | ||
| + | {{Used for|Indicating cause and effect}} | ||
| + | {{Structure|Conditional Statements}} | ||
Revision as of 07:36, 3 May 2013
-
Level
-
Similar to
-
Used for
-
Keywords
| This article is a stub. Editors can help the Chinese Grammar Wiki by expanding it. |
一旦 is used to express what would happen after a certain condition is met. Usually it is used with 就. This grammar pattern expresses that once something happens, something else will.
Structure
This structure is similar to the English "once...then", as in "once the company goes bankrupt, your family will lose all its money."
一旦 + certain condition, Subject + 就 + consequence
Examples
- 一旦 我 找 好 的 工作，我 就 会 安心。
- 这 张 桌子 不 稳定，一旦 发生 什么 小 小 的 振动，就 会 倒塌。
- 学习 计算机 科学 的 学生 很 自信，他们 一旦 毕业，就 会 找 到 很 好 的 工作。
- 千万 不 要 在 经济 泡沫 中 炒股，一旦 市场 崩溃，你 会 很 后悔 的！
