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后来 in Context

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后来

Usage 1 - "after that (for events that happened in the past)": 

Sentence:

后来我睡了。

English:

Afterwards, I fell asleep.

Top-Down Words:

睡 shuì - to sleep


Sentence:

后来他们也走了。  

English:

Afterwards, they also left.


Sentence:

他后来坐飞机去了国外。

English:

Afterwards, he went abroad by airplane.

Top-Down Words:

 国外 guówài - outside the country 


*Sentence:

后来,她成了我女朋友。

English:

Afterwards, she became my girlfriend.

Top-Down Words:

成 chéng - to become, to prove to be


*Sentence:

后来,它们生了一只小狗,我叫它“小白”。

English:

Afterwards, they gave birth to a puppy and I called it "Little White."

Top-Down Words:

生 shēng - to give birth to, to emerge



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Member Comments from 2019-mid-2020

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Rick Angleland

How does 后来 differ from 以后? Does 后来 imply that something came before?

Mandarin Blueprint

Good question, here's the answer: https://www.loom.com/share/f64e2a63bd804e7e8086ee418ca525ba

MB Team

This is where Luke and Phil talked about your question in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KugS7ZxUyg4&t=947s

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Chris Young

In this sentence "后来,它们生了一只小狗,我叫它“小白”。", would the last part more accurately be "I call it Little White", as in that's the name I gave the puppy when it was born and how I call it now? As opposed to "我叫了它“小白”, "I called it Little White" meaning that's how I named it when it was born.

What I'm getting at is whether there's a "了" after "叫" implied in the original sentence because we established that we're talking about the past and the whole text is about the past, so we can leave it out. Or if we're currently talking about the puppy, and only the bit about the birth is in the past, in which case the last part is present.

I know this is getting into the weeds, but I feel like I can understand the basic meaning of sentences now (!!!) so I'm trying to get some of the nuances.

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Mandarin Blueprint

Hey Chris, here's a reply for you: https://www.loom.com/share/a450f36e0a47486699883fa2e27e4809

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MB Team

This is where Luke and Phil talked about your question in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jaebh_qgjTQ&t=3853s

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