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what is difference between 刚才 & 刚 please?
Aug 12, 2012 1:57 PM
Answers · 11
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例子1
---小明在家吗?Is Xiaoming at home?
---他刚走,去学校了。He left just now. He went to school
[在家=at home;刚走=leave a few minutes ago;学校=school]
note: we will never use 他刚才走;but we use 他刚才走的. so
他刚走=他刚才走的=他才走
例子2
--刚才我看见你男友了,和一个小姑娘手拉手的走。just now I saw your boyfriend, with a girl hand in hand
--不是吧?他有这么大胆?
Really?
刚才=just now; 看见=see;你男友=your boyfriend; 小姑娘=girl;手拉手=hand in hand
他有这么大胆?=Can he dare?
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usually, if in the beginning of a sentence, we use 刚才,for example
刚才我看见他了、刚才我老师叫我了、刚才我妈妈来了.
we also use 【就在刚才,我看到你男友的】
in the middle of a phrase, we usually 刚,for example
我刚看到你男友了(if we use 我刚才看到你男友了, it is OK)
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Lastly, I want to say, we also usa 刚刚, which has the same meaning as 刚才. Example, 我刚刚到、我刚刚来、他刚刚走
August 12, 2012
1
“刚”表示状态تازه
“刚才”强调时间。
August 16, 2012
1
刚 is short of 刚才
August 16, 2012
1
always the same.
I think they may like....
刚才 - just now & 刚 - just
("刚才" more emphasis ”already“, like the past perfect tense)
and a significant difference is ”刚才“can be a complete word.
——你上次看见他是什么时候?when did you last see him?
——就在刚才。Just now. / Just a moment ago.
but you can‘t answer
——刚(x)
August 12, 2012
1
Actually,
they mean the same thing
August 12, 2012
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Language Skills
Chinese (Mandarin), Persian (Farsi)
Learning Language
Chinese (Mandarin)
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