LEARN + CHINESE / 68 of 300 HSK 2
You Said It Just Yesterday例 · 你昨天就说过这句话了
Your friend says they’ll finish the report tomorrow. You remind them that they promised the same thing yesterday. Put 就 before the time or detail you want to stress: it can mean “as soon as,” “already by,” or “just/exactly.”
你昨天就说过这句话了！
nǐ zuótiān jiù shuō guo zhè jù huà le!
You said that just yesterday!
我一到家就给你打电话。
wǒ yí dào jiā jiù gěi nǐ dǎ diànhuà.
I’ll call you as soon as I get home.
这就是我昨天买的那本书。
zhè jiù shì wǒ zuótiān mǎi de nà běn shū.
This is exactly the book I bought yesterday.
他五岁就会游泳了。
tā wǔ suì jiù huì yóuyǒng le.
He could already swim at five.
Hint · 힌트
就 points to something earlier, sooner, or more exact than expected. The sentence pattern 一……就…… means “as soon as…”. 是……的 can also put focus on a specific detail, such as the book you bought yesterday.
Vocabulary
| Chinese | English |
|---|---|
jiù | already; just; then |
zuótiān | yesterday |
shuō guo | said before |
jù huà | sentence; remark |
yī...jiù... | as soon as…then… |
dào jiā | to get home |
dǎ diànhuà | to make a phone call |
jiù shì | exactly; precisely |
mǎi | to buy |
nà běn shū | that book |
wǔ suì | five years old |
huì | can; know how to |
yóuyǒng | to swim |
mǎshàng | right away |
yǐjīng | already |
gāngcái | just now |
zhènghǎo | just right; just in time |
cái | only then; not until |
shì...de | pattern highlighting a detail |
shíjiān | time |
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