{"id":15721,"date":"2020-01-06T10:16:56","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T10:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-grammar\/chinese-grammar-again-in-the-future-with-zai-zai\/"},"modified":"2020-01-06T10:16:56","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T10:16:56","slug":"chinese-grammar-again-in-the-future-with-zai-zai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/chinese-grammar-again-in-the-future-with-zai-zai\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese grammar:Again in the future with \u518d&#8221;zai&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  \tWhile \u53c8 (y&ograve;u) is used for &quot;again&quot; in the past, \u518d (z&agrave;i) is used for &quot;again&quot; in the future. That is, \u518d is used when something has happened once and it will happen again in Chinese grammar. It is Expressing time and date.<\/p>\n<p>  \t\u518d as &quot;again&quot;<br \/>  \tThe basic structure for using the future &quot;again&quot; is:<br \/>  \t  \tIn fact, this structure is present in one of the most common Chinese phrases: &quot;\u518d\u89c1!&quot; In this case, it literally means &quot;See you again!&quot;<\/p>\n<p>  \t<strong>Examples: <\/strong>  \t<\/p>\n<div>W\u01d2 xi&agrave; c&igrave; z&agrave;i l&aacute;i.<br \/>  \t\u6211 \u4e0b \u6b21 \u518d \u6765\u3002<\/div>\n<div>I&#39;ll come again next time.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>  \t<strong>\u518d as &quot;and then&quot; <\/strong><br \/>  \tA usage that feels sort of related but deserves separate mention is the use of \u518d to mean &quot;and then.&quot; It is often preceded by \u5148 when giving clear sequential orders (&quot;first do this&#8230; then do this&#8230;&quot;), but it can also appear by itself to mean &quot;and then.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>  \t<strong>The example: <\/strong>  \t<\/p>\n<div>W\u01d2men xi\u0101n ch\u012bf&agrave;n z&agrave;i t&aacute;n.<br \/>  \t\u6211\u4eec \u5148 \u5403\u996d \u518d \u8c08\u3002<\/div>\n<div>We&#39;ll eat first, and then we&#39;ll talk.<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>  \t<strong>\u518d as &quot;another&quot; or &quot;some more&quot; <\/strong><br \/>  \tThe English word &quot;another&quot; is often avoided altogether by using \u518d.<\/p>\n<p>  \t<strong>Examples: <\/strong>  \t<\/p>\n<div>N\u01d0 z&agrave;i \u0261\u011bi w\u01d2 y\u012b zh\u0101n\u0261 zh\u01d0.<br \/>  \t\u4f60 \u518d \u7ed9 \u6211 \u4e00 \u5f20 \u7eb8\u3002<\/div>\n<div>Give me another piece of paper.<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>  \t<strong>\u518d as &quot;continuous action&quot;<br \/>  \t<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>  \tHere \u518d is similar to the English &quot;for a while longer&quot; or &quot;keep [going\/doing]&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>  \t<strong>Examples: <\/strong>  \t<\/p>\n<div>Z&agrave;i zh\u01ceo zh\u01ceo, zh\u01ceo b&uacute; d&agrave;o w\u01d2men ji&ugrave; hu&iacute;q&ugrave;.<br \/>  \t\u518d \u627e \u627e\uff0c\u627e \u4e0d \u5230 \u6211\u4eec \u5c31 \u56de\u53bb\u3002<\/div>\n<div>Look a little more. If we can&#39;t find it, we&#39;ll go home.&nbsp;<\/div><\/p>\n<div class=\"chine-tie-zi-nei-rong-zhi-hou\" id=\"chine-1020428524\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1889418300638825\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1889418300638825\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"7273022922\" \ndata-ad-layout-key=\"-gw-3+1f-3d+2z\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While \u53c8 (y&ograve;u) is used for &quot;again&quot; in the past, \u518d (z&agrave;i) is used for &quot;again&quot; in the future. That is, \u518d is used when something has happened once and it will happen again in Chinese grammar. 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