以后 VS 然后 I would like these sentences to be translated into chinese: 1. After I eat, I go to class. 2. After I eat, I'll go to class. 3. After I ate, I went to class. And, in which of these sentence

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以后 VS 然后 I would like these sentences to be translated into chinese: 1. After I eat, I go to class. 2. After I eat, I'll go to class. 3. After I ate, I went to class. And, in which of these sentences can I use 然后 instead of 以后? Thank you very much ^^

2014年9月3日 11:50

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Both 以后 and 然后 can be used to translate these sentences. In Chinese, tenses are not that distinct as in English. Unlike English which uses different forms of the verb to indicate different time of action, Chinese uses words like 了，然后，已经 etc. to make time order clear. The first two sentences above can be translated into the same one: 我先吃饭，然后去上课 OR 我吃完饭以后去上课~~ Both 然后and 以后are OK. The last sentence is 我吃完饭，然后去上课了 OR 我吃完饭以后去上课了~~Here both 然后 and 以后are OK too. And the only difference between the translations above and below are “了”。

2014年9月4日