… ，后来 … (afterwards / later — past) · ⋯⋯，后来⋯⋯
A past story has a later turn
- You tell someone that you visited Beijing and later visited Shanghai.
- 先去了北京，后来去了上海。 — 后来 links the later part of the past story to the earlier visit.
A past story has a later turn
- You tell someone that you visited Beijing and later visited Shanghai.
- 先去(completed / change)了Beijing, capital of the…北京，afterwards后来to go去(completed / change)了Shanghai municipality…上海。 — afterwards后来 links the later part of the past story to the earlier visit.
You tell someone that you visited Beijing and later visited Shanghai. What does 先去了北京，后来去了上海。 communicate?
后来 links the later part of the past story to the earlier visit. For a future plan prefer 然后 or 以后. Later does not require immediate succession; 后来 can cover a gap whose length the sentence leaves unspecified.
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is … ，后来 … (afterwards / later — past). 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first先go去了Beijing北京，later后来go去了Shanghai上海。
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is … ，afterwards后来 … (afterwards / later — past). 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first先go去了Beijing北京，later后来go去了Shanghai上海。
Using the lesson pattern in this demonstrated example: First Beijing, then later Shanghai: 先去北京，____ 去上海。
先…，后来… = at first…, later…(past): 先去北京,后来去上海. · 先……,后来…… = 先……,后来……(过去):先去北京,后来去上海。
Read examples in context
- In the opening example, 先去了北京，后来去了上海。: 后来 links the later part of the past story to the earlier visit.
- 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, 先去(completed / change)了Beijing, capital of the…北京，afterwards后来to go去(completed / change)了Shanghai municipality…上海。: afterwards后来 links the later part of the past story to the earlier visit.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
后来 is used for which time frame? · 后来 用于哪个时间范围?
后来 = later, in the PAST; for the future use 以后. · 后来 = 过去的后来;将来用 以后。
Build: “First Beijing, later Shanghai.” · 排一排:“先去了北京,后来去了上海。”
先…，后来…: 先去了北京 + 后来 + 去了上海.
Know the boundary
- For a future plan prefer 然后 or 以后.
- Later does not require immediate succession; 后来 can cover a gap whose length the sentence leaves unspecified.
Know the boundary
- For a future plan prefer then / after然后 or after以后.
- Later does not require immediate succession; afterwards后来 can cover a gap whose length the sentence leaves unspecified.
You can use 后来 to talk about future plans. · 可以用 后来 谈将来的计划。
后来 is past-only; for the future use 以后. · 后来 只用于过去;将来用 以后。
后来 proves that the second trip began immediately when the first trip ended.
For a future plan prefer 然后 or 以后. Later does not require immediate succession; 后来 can cover a gap whose length the sentence leaves unspecified. 后来 links the later part of the past story to the earlier visit.
Use the distinction
- 后来 links the later part of the past story to the earlier visit.
- For a future plan prefer 然后 or 以后. Later does not require immediate succession; 后来 can cover a gap whose length the sentence leaves unspecified.
Read the full reference: HSK 3 grammar — Nouns.
Use the distinction
- afterwards后来 links the later part of the past story to the earlier visit.
- For a future plan prefer then / after然后 or after以后. Later does not require immediate succession; afterwards后来 can cover a gap whose length the sentence leaves unspecified.
Read the full reference: HSK 3 grammar — Nouns.