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改天 in Context

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改天

Usage 1 - "another day, another time": 

*Sentence:

前天借给我的大衣,改天我洗好后还给你。

English: 

The coat you lent me, I'll give it back to you after I have it washed.

Top-Down Words:

洗 xǐ - to wash
还 huán - to return something (alternative pronunciation)


Sentence:

改天我们再约。

English:

Let's meet another day.



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Andrew Dacus

On "前天借给我的大衣"

Why is the "我的大衣" not possessive meaning "my coat"?

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Mandarin Blueprint

This is a sneaky one but here's the breakdown of each grammatical function at play here:

前天 - 借给我的 - 大衣
The day before yesterday - that you lent me - the coat
English: The coat that you lent me the day before yesterday.

Keep an eye out for the 的 going forward, and see if you notice this structure again in other sentences!

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