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Expressing "about to" with "jiuyao"
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- [Expressing "be going to" with
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- [Expressing "about to happen" with
"le"](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22about_to_happen%22_with_%22le%22) (A2)
- [Expressing "nearly" with
"jihu"](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22nearly%22_with_%22jihu%22) (B2)
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date](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_time_and_date),
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- [1 Basic
Pattern](#Basic_Pattern "wikilink")
- [1.1
Structure](#Structure "wikilink")
- [1.2
Examples](#Examples "wikilink")
- [2 Advanced
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- [2.1
Structure](#Structure_2 "wikilink")
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also](#See_also "wikilink")
- [4 Sources and
further reading](#Sources_and_further_reading "wikilink")
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Books](#Books "wikilink")
- [4.2
Websites](#Websites "wikilink")
(Subj. +) 就要 + Verb + 了 (，⋯⋯)
### Examples
- *就要* 下雨 **了** 。*Jiù yào* xiàyǔ
**le**.It's about to rain!
- 他们 *就要* 结婚 **了** 。Tāmen *jiù yào*
jiéhūn **le**.They are about to get
married.
- 我 *就要* 出国 **了** 。Wǒ *jiù yào* chūguó
**le**.I'm about to go abroad.
- 宝宝 *就要* 一岁 **了** 。Bǎobao *jiùyào* yī
suì **le**.The baby is about to be
one-year old!
- *就要* 下课 **了** ，还有 别的 问题 吗 ？*Jiù
yào* xiàkè **le**, háiyǒu bié de wèntí
ma?The class is almost over. Are there
any other questions?
In this case, 就要 can be replaced by 快要 or 快.
Advanced Pattern
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快要 (kuài yào) is generally "about to" \[happen\], but 就要 (jiù yào)
could be used to mark a more specific time. 要 (yào) here can be
omitted. For this one, you wouldn't normally use "about to" for this
English translation, but the feeling is nevertheless that the impending
event is coming up fast.
### Structure
还有 + Time (+ Subj.) + 就 (要) + Verb + 了
### Examples
- **还有** 十 分钟 我 *就* 下班 **了**
。**Háiyǒu** shí fēnzhōng wǒ *jiù* xiàbān
**le**.I get off work in 10
minutes.
- **还有** 两 个 星期 我们 *就要* 考试 **了**
。**Háiyǒu** liǎng gè xīngqí wǒmen *jiù yào*
kǎoshì **le**.We're just two weeks away
from the exam date.
- **还有** 一 个 月 *就要* 过年 **了**
。**Háiyǒu** yī gè yuè *jiù yào* guònián
**le**.It will be Chinese New Year in
another month.
- **还有** 半 个 小时 飞机 *就* 起飞 **了**
。**Háiyǒu** bàn gè xiǎoshí fēijī *jiù* qǐfēi
**le**.The plane takes off in half an
hour.
- **还有** 五 天 *就要* 放假 **了** 。**Háiyǒu**
wǔ tiān *jiù yào* fàngjià **le**. I go on
vacation in 5 days.
See also
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- [Expressing "nearly" with
"jihu"](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22nearly%22_with_%22jihu%22)
- [Approximations with
"chabuduo"](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Approximations_with_%22chabuduo%22)
- [Expressing future with
"jiang"](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_future_with_%22jiang%22)
Sources and further reading
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### Books
- [Boya Chinese Elementary Starter
1 (博雅汉语初经起步篇)](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Boya_Chinese_Elementary_Starter_1_(%E5%8D%9A%E9%9B%85%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E5%88%9D%E7%BB%8F%E8%B5%B7%E6%AD%A5%E7%AF%87)) (pp.
183) [→buy](http://amzn.to/2hbyxKi)
- [Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 1
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267-8) [→buy](http://amzn.to/2xe9H5W)
- [New Practical Chinese Reader
2 (新实用汉语课本2)](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/New_Practical_Chinese_Reader_2_(%E6%96%B0%E5%AE%9E%E7%94%A8%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E8%AF%BE%E6%9C%AC2)) (pp.
196-7)
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- [40 Lessons for Basic Chinese Course
(基础汉语40课上册）](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/40_Lessons_for_Basic_Chinese_Course_(%E5%9F%BA%E7%A1%80%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD40%E8%AF%BE%E4%B8%8A%E5%86%8C%EF%BC%89) (pp.
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### Websites
- ChinesePod: [Qing Wen - 了 (le): Something's About to
Happen](http://chinesepod.com/lessons/%E4%BA%86-le-somethings-about-to-happen)
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