freshy Posted September 30, 2004 at 06:21 PM Report Posted September 30, 2004 at 06:21 PM I've been reading in my "Communicate in Chinese" book and I have a grammar question. I've noticed in sentences that yi(3) hou(4) follows a time reference. Wo(3) ba(1) dian(3) yi(3) hou(4) geng(4) mang(2). Lit. I 8:00 after even more busy. My question is: Is this a general rule for a time reference and the use of yi hou. If I were to substitute words like now, tomorrow, next year, etc. for 8:00 would I still insert yi hou in the same place? Thanks, Freshy Quote
HashiriKata Posted October 1, 2004 at 11:26 AM Report Posted October 1, 2004 at 11:26 AM Yes & No, depending on what you mean to say. Yi3 hou4 mean "after", so if you want to say: I'll be (even) busier tomorrow (no yi3 hou4 ) I'll be (even) busier after tomorrow (add yi3 hou4 after the word "tomorrow") Hope this help. HK Quote
freshy Posted October 1, 2004 at 01:35 PM Author Report Posted October 1, 2004 at 01:35 PM That does help. Thanks HK. Quote
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