Time / Verb + 时 (when …) · Tiempo / Verbo + 时 (cuando …)
Attach an event to a time
- You reached a friend's home when the friend was out.
- 我来时，他不在。 — 时 ties the absence to the time of your arrival.
Attach an event to a time
- You reached a friend's home when the friend was out.
- I / me我来时，he / him他not不at / in在。 — o'clock时 ties the absence to the time of your arrival.
You reached a friend's home when the friend was out. What does 我来时，他不在。 communicate?
时 ties the absence to the time of your arrival. 时 is a shorter, often more formal version of 的时候. It can also occur in a future instruction, as in 你来时告诉我; it does not itself supply past tense.
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is Time / Verb + 时 (when …). Locate it in the original interlinear examples below.
- Keep the words in their demonstrated positions; the pattern must fit the intended situation as well as the sentence form.
I我come来when时，he他not不be in在。
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is Time / Verb + o'clock时 (when …). Locate it in the original interlinear examples below.
- Keep the words in their demonstrated positions; the pattern must fit the intended situation as well as the sentence form.
I我come来when时，he他not不be in在。
Using the lesson pattern in this demonstrated example: When I came, he wasn't in: 我来 ____，他不在。
Verb + 时 = when that happens: 我来时,他不在. · Verbo + 时 = cuando eso sucede: 我来时,他不在.
Read examples in context
- In the opening example, 我来时，他不在。: 时 ties the absence to the time of your arrival.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
Read examples in context
- In the opening example, I / me我来时，he / him他not不at / in在。: o'clock时 ties the absence to the time of your arrival.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
…时 is a shorter, more formal version of which phrase? · …时 es una forma más corta y formal de qué frase?
…时 = the compact form of …的时候 (when). · …时 = la forma compacta de …的时候 (cuando).
Build: “When I came, he wasn't in.” · Construye: “Cuando llegué, él no estaba.”
[Verb + 时]，Subj + Predicate: 我来时 + 他 + 不在. · [Verbo + 时], Sujeto + Predicado: 我来时 + 他 + 不在.
Know the boundary
- 时 is a shorter, often more formal version of 的时候.
- It can also occur in a future instruction, as in 你来时告诉我; it does not itself supply past tense.
Know the boundary
- o'clock时 is a shorter, often more formal version of (of / 's)的time时候.
- It can also occur in a future instruction, as in you你来时to tell告诉I / me我; it does not itself supply past tense.
…时 means “after”, like 以后. · …significa "después", como 以后.
…时 = “when / at the time of”, not “after”. · …时 = "cuando / en el momento de", no "después".
时 always makes the event past tense.
时 is a shorter, often more formal version of 的时候. It can also occur in a future instruction, as in 你来时告诉我; it does not itself supply past tense. 时 ties the absence to the time of your arrival.
Use the distinction
- 时 ties the absence to the time of your arrival.
- 时 is a shorter, often more formal version of 的时候. It can also occur in a future instruction, as in 你来时告诉我; it does not itself supply past tense.
Read the full reference: HSK 3 grammar — Nouns.
Use the distinction
- o'clock时 ties the absence to the time of your arrival.
- o'clock时 is a shorter, often more formal version of (of / 's)的time时候. It can also occur in a future instruction, as in you你来时to tell告诉I / me我; it does not itself supply past tense.
Read the full reference: HSK 3 grammar — Nouns.