dutchgertjan Posted August 20, 2014 at 12:07 PM Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 at 12:07 PM Can any of you gents or gentesses explain the function of the "才" after the first comma? (just to be clear: the one that precedes 因.) 只有年輕的時候，我才因為跳舞不能提高收入而不開心，現在反倒愈來愈不在意，開心和意義才重要thnx in advance 大家! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedroski Posted August 21, 2014 at 08:25 AM Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 at 08:25 AM That font of all knowledge, my girlfriend, says the Chinese sounds a bit funny, seems like something is missing. 才 = only then (when I was young) Got that wrong! “才”是为了加强语气，没有意思。 比如：A: 你要吃我的苹果吗？ B：我才不要，我自己有苹果。= 我不要，我自己有苹果。 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZhangJiang Posted August 21, 2014 at 12:57 PM Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 at 12:57 PM Here 只有 and 才 form a pattern together which means only. Your sentence then is "only when I was young, I ..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchgertjan Posted September 14, 2014 at 12:27 AM Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 at 12:27 AM Its a bit of a late reply, but....謝謝 for the explanations all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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