<!DOCTYPE html> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta name="generator" content= "HTML Tidy for HTML5 for Linux version 5.2.0" /> <title></title> </head> <body> <p>一旦 (yīdàn) is used to express what would happen after a certain condition is met. Usually it is used with 就. This grammar pattern expresses that once one thing happens, something else will happen.</p> <h2 id="structure">Structure</h2> <p>This structure is similar to the English "once...then," as in "once the company goes bankrupt, your family will lose all its money."</p> <div class="jiegou"> <p>一旦 + Condition，Subj. + 就 + Consequence</p> </div> <h2 id="examples">Examples</h2> <div class="liju"> <ul> <li><em>一旦</em> 我 找 好 的 工作，我 <em>就</em> 会 安心。<span class= "trans">Once I find a good job, then I'll be able to relax.</span></li> <li>这 张 桌子 不 稳定，<em>一旦</em> 发生 什么 小 小 的 振动，<em>就</em> 会 倒塌。<span class="trans">This table isn't very steady. Once there's even a small vibration, it will fall over.</span></li> <li>学习 计算机 科学 的 学生 很 自信，他们 <em>一旦</em> 毕业，<em>就</em> 会 找到 很 好 的 工作。<span class="trans">Computer science students are very confident. Once they graduate, they will be able to find good jobs.</span></li> <li>千万 不 要 在 经济 泡沫 中 炒股，<em>一旦</em> 市场 崩溃，你 会 很 后悔 的！<span class= "trans">You must absolutely not trade stocks in an economic bubble. Once the market collapses, you will regret it!</span></li> </ul> </div> <p>Notice in the last example there is no 就. Sometimes you can leave out the 就 and the context that the result will happen is pretty clear.</p> <h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2> <h3 id="books">Books</h3> <ul> <li><a href= "Common_Chinese_Patterns_330_(%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E5%B8%B8%E7%94%A8%E6%A0%BC%E5%BC%8F330%E4%BE%8B)" title="wikilink">Common Chinese Patterns 330 (汉语常用格式330例)</a> (p. 262)<a href= "http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/7802006473/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=7802006473">→buy</a></li> </ul> <p><a href="Category:_B2_grammar_points" title="wikilink">Category: B2 grammar points</a></p> </body> </html>