Exercises

Knowledge Point Tested: Differences between "cái" and "jiù" (Intermediate, Module 2)

Vocab Exercises

Sentence Exercises

Video Exercises

Sentence Exercise

Review

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	你怎么现在才来？Nǐzěnmexiànzàicáilái?你怎麽現在才來？Why didn’t you arrive until now?http://www.dongyu.com/upload/dongyu3files/WB-Early-or-late-IM2/key-sentence/1.mp3
	Why didn’t you arrive until now?

	我5点就出门了。Wǒwǔdiǎnjiùchūménle.我5點就出門了。I left as early as 5:00.http://www.dongyu.com/upload/dongyu3files/WB-Early-or-late-IM2/key-sentence/2.mp3
	I left as early as 5:00.

	客户5点就到了。Kèhùwǔdiǎnjiùdàole.客戶5點就到了。The customer will arrive as early as 5:00.http://www.dongyu.com/upload/dongyu3files/WB-Early-or-late-IM2/key-sentence/3.mp3
	The customer will arrive as early as 5:00.

	你现在才给我。Nǐxiànzàicáigěiwǒ.你現在才給我。You didn’t give me the materials until now.http://www.dongyu.com/upload/dongyu3files/WB-Early-or-late-IM2/key-sentence/4.mp3
	You didn’t give me the materials until now.

	Maroon5的演唱会7点就开始了。Maroon5deyǎnchànghuìqīdiǎnjiùkāishǐle.Maroon5的演唱會7點就開始了。Maroon 5's concert will begin as early as 7:00.http://www.dongyu.com/upload/dongyu3files/WB-Early-or-late-IM2/key-sentence/5.mp3
	Maroon 5's concert will begin as early as 7:00.

	演唱会7点才开始。Yǎnchànghuìqīdiǎncáikāishǐ.演唱會7點才開始。The concert won't begin until 7:00.http://www.dongyu.com/upload/dongyu3files/WB-Early-or-late-IM2/key-sentence/6.mp3
	The concert won't begin until 7:00.

Discussion

You think the party that starts at 7:00 is too early? I think it starts too late! You can use “jiù” or “cái” before a verb to show something happens earlier or later than expected. But how?

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