… ，才 … (only then / only after) · ⋯⋯，才⋯⋯
A required action comes before access
- You must finish registration before using an account.
- 完成注册，才能使用账号。 — Registration is presented as a required condition before use.
A required action comes before access
- You must finish registration before using an account.
- to complete完成to register注册，talent才能to use使用account number账号。 — Registration is presented as a required condition before use.
You must finish registration before using an account. What does 完成注册，才能使用账号。 communicate?
Registration is presented as a required condition before use. The requirement does not promise that registration alone solves every obstacle. An account could still need approval; distinguish necessary conditions from sufficient ones.
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is … ，才 … (only then / only 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.
you你work hard努力，only then才can能succeed成功。
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is … ，only then / not until才 … (only then / only 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.
you你work hard努力，only then才can能succeed成功。
Using the lesson pattern in this demonstrated example: Only if you try can you succeed: 你努力，____ 能成功。
Condition，才 + Result = only then: 你努力,才能成功. · 条件,才 + 结果 = 才:你努力,才能成功。
Read examples in context
- In the opening example, 完成注册，才能使用账号。: Registration is presented as a required condition before use.
- 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, to complete完成to register注册，talent才能to use使用account number账号。: Registration is presented as a required condition before use.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
才 marks a condition that is… · 才 引出的条件是……
才 = a necessary condition; 就 (只要…就…) marks a sufficient one. · 才 = 必要条件;就(只要……就……)= 充分条件。
Build: “Only if you try can you succeed.” · 排一排:“你努力,才能成功。”
Condition，才 + Result: 你努力 + 才 + 能成功. · 条件,才 + 结果:你努力 + 才 + 能成功。
Know the boundary
- The requirement does not promise that registration alone solves every obstacle.
- An account could still need approval; distinguish necessary conditions from sufficient ones.
A required condition introduced before 才 guarantees that no other condition is needed.
Necessary is not the same as sufficient. Registration may be required even when approval is also needed.
In the opening situation: Registration is presented as a required condition before use.
The requirement does not promise that registration alone solves every obstacle. An account could still need approval; distinguish necessary conditions from sufficient ones. Registration is presented as a required condition before use.
Use the distinction
- Registration is presented as a required condition before use.
- The requirement does not promise that registration alone solves every obstacle. An account could still need approval; distinguish necessary conditions from sufficient ones.
Read the full reference: HSK 3 grammar — Conditional statements.