Time / Verb + 时 (when …) · 时间 / 动词 + 时
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. · 动词 + 时 = ……的时候: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 是哪个短语更简洁、正式的形式?
…时 = the compact form of …的时候 (when). · ……时 = ……的时候 的简洁形式。
Build: “When I came, he wasn't in.” · 排一排:“我来时,他不在。”
[Verb + 时]，Subj + Predicate: 我来时 + 他 + 不在. · [动词 + 时],主语 + 谓语: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. · ……时 表示“以后”,和 以后 一样。
…时 = “when / at the time of”, not “after”. · ……时 = “……的时候”,不是“以后”。
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.