LEARN + CHINESE / 81 of 300 HSK 3
Since Then 自从
“I haven’t seen you since you moved.” 自从搬家以后 gives the move as the starting point, then the rest of the sentence follows the change from there. Use 自从 when the past event still matters to the situation now.
自从我开始学汉语以来已经有两年了。
zìcóng wǒ kāishǐ xué Hànyǔ yǐlái yǐjīng yǒu liǎng nián le。
It's been two years since I started learning Chinese.
我们由这里出发。
wǒmen yóu zhèlǐ chūfā。
We set off from here.
Vocabulary
| Chinese | English |
|---|---|
yóu | by; from |
zìcóng | since |
yǐlái | since |
chūfā | to depart; set off |
yǐjīng | already |
kāishǐ | to start; beginning |
wǒmen | we; us |
hànyǔ | Chinese language |
zhèlǐ | here |
cóng | from |
chēshang | in the car/vehicle |
jiā | family; home |
jiāli | inside home |
nàlǐ | there |
nàr | there |
xiǎopéngyǒu | child; kid |
xiǎoxuéshēng | elementary student |
yīyuàn | hospital |
yòu | right (direction) |
zhèbiān | this side; here |
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