Expressing "all the way until" with "zhidao"

Nível: HSK 3 | Categoria: Gramática

Explicação da Regra:

直到 (zhídào) is for describing a time frame that began in the past and continued until a point closer to the present. It is like the English phrase, "all the way until." It can be used in an affirmative or negative form, expressing that something has taken a while or is late. The word 才 (cái) often teams up with 直到, and serves to emphasize the lateness aspect . In the positive form, which uses 才, it may be more natural in English to express the idea as "not until... did" something happen. 直到 + Time / Event ，Subj. + 才 ⋯⋯ This subject can also be placed before 直到.

Exemplos com Falantes Nativos:

• 直到十二点半，我才做完作业。 (zhídào shíèr diǎn bàn ，wǒ cái zuò wán zuòyè 。): "I didn't finish my homework until half past twelve."
• 直到半个月以后，我的感冒才好。 (zhídào bàn gè yuè yǐhòu ，wǒ de gǎnmào cái hǎo 。): "It was not until half a month later that my cold was good."
• 她直到十八岁才见到亲生父母。 (tā zhídào shíbā sùi cái jiàndào qīnshēng fùmǔ 。): "She did not meet her biological parents until she was eighteen."
• 我直到大学毕业才开始独立生活。 (wǒ zhídào dàxué bìyè cái kāishǐ dúlì shēnghuó 。): "I didn't start to live independently until I graduated from college."
• 直到去了北京，他才知道一个人在大城市多辛苦。 (zhídào qù le běijīng ，tā cái zhīdào yīgèrén zài dà chéngshì duō xīnkǔ 。): "He didn't know how hard a person was in a big city until he went to Beijing."

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