以后 vs 然后 vs 后来 (then / after)
A plan's next step differs from a later story
- You first eat and then plan to study; later you describe what actually happened.
- 先吃饭，然后学习。后来我们又复习了一遍。 — 然后 gives the next step, while 后来 introduces the later part of the account.
A plan's next step differs from a later story
- You first eat and then plan to study; later you describe what actually happened.
- early先to have a meal吃饭，then / after然后to learn学习。afterwards后来we / us我们again又variant of 复习复习(completed / change)了one time (all the way…一遍。 — then / after然后 gives the next step, while afterwards后来 introduces the later part of the account.
You first eat and then plan to study; later you describe what actually happened. What does 先吃饭，然后学习。后来我们又复习了一遍。 communicate?
然后 gives the next step, while 后来 introduces the later part of the account. 以后 can follow a reference event: 吃饭以后学习. A future plan does not normally use 后来 to mean next; choose from temporal relationship, not the shared English word then.
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is 以后 vs 然后 vs 后来 (then / after). 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.
first先eat吃饭，then然后sleep睡觉。
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is after以后 vs then / after然后 vs afterwards后来 (then / after). 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.
first先eat吃饭，then然后sleep睡觉。
Using the lesson pattern in this demonstrated example: Eat first, then sleep: 先吃饭，____ 睡觉。
然后 = and then (next step): 先吃饭,然后睡觉. · 然后 = y luego (siguiente paso): 先吃饭,然后睡觉.
Read examples in context
later后来we我们not没go去。
- In the opening example, 先吃饭，然后学习。后来我们又复习了一遍。: 然后 gives the next step, while 后来 introduces the later part of the account.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
Read examples in context
later后来we我们not没go去。
- In the opening example, early先to have a meal吃饭，then / after然后to learn学习。afterwards后来we / us我们again又variant of 复习复习(completed / change)了one time (all the way…一遍。: then / after然后 gives the next step, while afterwards后来 introduces the later part of the account.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
Which word naturally introduces a later turn in a past narrative rather than standing alone to mean in the future?
后来 is the natural narrative connector. 以后 can also relate events in the past when it follows a reference event.
Match each word to its use. · Asocia cada palabra con su uso.
以后 future · 然后 next step · 后来 past later. · 以后 futuro · 然后 siguiente paso · 后来 pasado más tarde.
Build: “Eat first, then sleep.” · Construir: “Comer primero, luego dormir.”
先…，然后…: 先吃饭 + 然后 + 睡觉.
Know the boundary
- 以后 can follow a reference event: 吃饭以后学习.
- A future plan does not normally use 后来 to mean next; choose from temporal relationship, not the shared English word then.
Know the boundary
- after以后 can follow a reference event: to have a meal吃饭after以后to learn学习.
- A future plan does not normally use afterwards后来 to mean next; choose from temporal relationship, not the shared English word then.
In the opening situation: 然后 gives the next step, while 后来 introduces the later part of the account.
以后 can follow a reference event: 吃饭以后学习. A future plan does not normally use 后来 to mean next; choose from temporal relationship, not the shared English word then. 然后 gives the next step, while 后来 introduces the later part of the account.
Use the distinction
- 然后 gives the next step, while 后来 introduces the later part of the account.
- 以后 can follow a reference event: 吃饭以后学习. A future plan does not normally use 后来 to mean next; choose from temporal relationship, not the shared English word then.
Read the full reference: HSK 3 grammar — Comparing time words.
Use the distinction
- then / after然后 gives the next step, while afterwards后来 introduces the later part of the account.
- after以后 can follow a reference event: to have a meal吃饭after以后to learn学习. A future plan does not normally use afterwards后来 to mean next; choose from temporal relationship, not the shared English word then.
Read the full reference: HSK 3 grammar — Comparing time words.