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"Just" with "gang"

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Sometimes things happen in
a flash, or they happen a
very short time before you
talk about them. In English
we use the word "just", and
in Chinese we express "just"
with (gng).

Level
Is similar to

A2
"Just now" with "gangcai" (A2)
Comparing "gang" and
"gangcai" (B1)

Expressing time and date,

Sequencing events in time
Keywords ,
Translations just
Is used for

Contents
1 Expressing "just"
happened
1.1 Structure
1.2 Examples
2 Expressing "from
then until now"
2.1 Structure
2.2 Examples
3 See also
4 Sources and further
reading
4.1 Books

Expressing "just" happened

Structure
expresses that the action happened not long ago. It's used the same way as .

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Subject + + Verb
Examples

I just found out.

He just started working.

I just bought a lot of fruit.

He just left.

We just got off work.

The baby just woke up.

The husband just came

home.

I just finished eating.

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I just finished today's work.

He just came to our office.

Expressing "from then until now"

Structure
can also express "from the time an action happens until the present time".

Subject + + VO + Duration
Examples

I just got here five minutes

ago.

I just got to China six

months ago.

I just started studying

Chinese two weeks ago.

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He just walked five minutes.

We just knew each other for

a month.

He just worked a year.

Be careful, I just bought that

computer two days ago.

I just found out two minutes

ago.

He just went out.

He just went to America for

one week.

See also
"Just now" with "gangcai"
Comparing "gang" and "gangcai"

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Sources and further reading

Books
(p. 216)buy (http://www.amazon.cn/%E7%8E%
B0%E4%BB%A3%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E5%85%AB%E7%99%BE%
E8%AF%8D/dp/B001198GSW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345693275&sr=81)
(p. 239) buy (http://www.amazon.cn/%E5%8D%
93%E8%B6%8A%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD-%E5%85%AC%E5%8F%B8%
E5%AE%9E%E6%88%98%E7%AF%87-%E8%83%A1%E7%81%B5%E5%
9D%87/dp/B003QZWQ6M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1347863170&sr=8-1)
Chinese: An Essential Grammar, Second Edition (p. 81) buy
(http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0415372615/ref=as_li_ss_tl?
ie=UTF8&tag=allset20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=041537261

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