Expressing "when" with "shi"

Nível: HSK 3 | Categoria: Gramática

Explicação da Regra:

By now you should now how to express "when" using 的时候 (de shíhou) . But there's also a slightly shorter, more formal way to do it: simply use 时 (shí) all by itself. (No 的!) Time + 时 ，Subj. ⋯⋯ As time words can appear before or after the subject , you can also place the "Time + 时" phrase after the subject. There are also two great examples of this pattern in the poem 《远和近》 by Gu Cheng (顾城) below:

Exemplos com Falantes Nativos:

• 考试时不要说话。 (kǎoshì shí bùyào shuōhuà 。): "Don't talk during the exam."
• 我面试时经常会问这个问题。 (wǒ miànshì shí jīngcháng hùi wèn zhègè wèntí 。): "I often ask this question during interviews."
• 会议结束时老板才来。 (hùiyì jiéshù shí lǎobǎn cái lái 。): "The boss came at the end of the meeting."
• 我生气时不想说话。 (wǒ shēngqì shí bù xiǎng shuōhuà 。): "I don't want to talk when I'm angry."
• 他们大学毕业时就分手了。 (tāmen dàxué bìyè shí jìu fēnshǒu le 。): "They broke up when they graduated from college."

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