先 … ，再 … (first …, then …) · 先 … ，再 … (primero …, luego …)
A proposed sequence is not a completed history
- You suggest eating before watching a film.
- 先吃饭，再看电影。 — The proposed order is eating followed by the film.
A proposed sequence is not a completed history
- You suggest eating before watching a film.
- early先to have a meal吃饭，again / then再to see看movie电影。 — The proposed order is eating followed by the film.
You suggest eating before watching a film. What does 先吃饭，再看电影。 communicate?
The proposed order is eating followed by the film. 再 marks the subsequent step here. The sentence alone does not report that either action has already occurred.
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is 先 … ，再 … (first …, then …). 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再watch看movie电影。
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is early先 … ，again / then再 … (first …, then …). 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再watch看movie电影。
Using the lesson pattern in this demonstrated example: Eat first, then watch a movie: 先吃饭，____ 看电影。
先 … ，再 … orders two steps: 先吃饭,再看电影. · 先 … ，再 … ordena dos pasos: 先吃饭,再看电影.
Read examples in context
- In the opening example, 先吃饭，再看电影。: The proposed order is eating followed by the film.
- 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, early先to have a meal吃饭，again / then再to see看movie电影。: The proposed order is eating followed by the film.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
In 先…，再…, what does 再 mean?
Here 再 = the next planned step, not “again”.
Build: “Eat first, then watch a movie.”
先 … ，再 …: 先吃饭 + 再 + 看电影.
Know the boundary
- 再 marks the subsequent step here.
- The sentence alone does not report that either action has already occurred.
Know the boundary
- again / then再 marks the subsequent step here.
- The sentence alone does not report that either action has already occurred.
This sentence proves both actions have already been completed.
再 marks the subsequent step here. The sentence alone does not report that either action has already occurred. The proposed order is eating followed by the film.
Use the distinction
- The proposed order is eating followed by the film.
- 再 marks the subsequent step here. The sentence alone does not report that either action has already occurred.
Read the full reference: HSK 4 grammar — Adverbs.
Use the distinction
- The proposed order is eating followed by the film.
- again / then再 marks the subsequent step here. The sentence alone does not report that either action has already occurred.
Read the full reference: HSK 4 grammar — Adverbs.