第两百六十九天

[nnozomi]

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语法
才 + V, as late as
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_lateness_with_%22cai%22
...I don't get this one very well yet. I think you have to do it by feel.

词汇
天, day; also 白天, daytime; 半天, half day; 后天, day after tomorrow; 今天, today; 明天, tomorrow; 前天, day before yesterday; 天气, weather; 星期天, Sunday; 昨天, yesterday 天 tiān, day; also 白天 bái tiān, daytime; 半天 bàn tiān, half day; 后天 hòu tiān, day after tomorrow; 今天 jīntiān, today; 明天 míngtiān, tomorrow; 前天 qián tiān, day before yesterday; 天气 tiānqì, weather; 星期天 xīng qī tiān, Sunday; 昨天 zuótiān, yesterday
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-1-word-list/

Introductory grammar, day 54

Guardian:
老板四十岁才得了这么个儿子, it wasn't until the boss was forty that his son was born
那怎么这两天才碰到他呢, so why have we only run into him in the last two days?
夜晚的星星一定和天气有关, 这么明亮的夜晚说明明天一定是个晴天, the stars at night have to be connected with the weather, such a bright night means tomorrow will be sunny

Me:
我四十岁差不多才跟他见面了。
今天的天气非常糟糕，为什么我们这么没幸运啊。

Comments

[sakana17]

The Rebel, episode 1:
怎么才开始啊？

[nnozomi]

Ah, perfect example!

[tinny]

I just looked up the cai tag, and landed here. (the tags are awesome! I love it, you have created such a great resource here!)

We had a whole lesson on cai vs jiu in our Chinese course last year. I remember that the book explained it differently than the grammar wiki did... /o\ - that wasn't the only occasion where that happened. I feel it's much harder to get this use of cai than the ones you have this year.

I should still have practice sheets for jiu vs cai somewhere... if anyone's interested.

[trobadora]

Oh, that's interesting about the book explaining things differently ... And by "interesting" I mean /o\, just as you say. *g*

I would love those practice sheets, if you don't mind! ♥

[nnozomi]

Glad the tags are useful! Let me know if you can think of a better way to organize things.
and yes, that 就 vs 才 worksheet would be wonderful to have if you can find it easily! I'm still pretty much just using "whichever one I think of first." And then there's 只 in the mix too...

[tinny]

Glad the tags are useful! Let me know if you can think of a better way to organize things.

No, I'm good! The pinyin is really helping me find my way through the vocab tags, and the resources tag is perfect for my posts. Thank you!

[nnozomi]

Good to hear <3