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先 in Context

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The Character You Just Learned is Also a Common Word!

Usage 1 - "(paired with 再/然后) first..., then...": 

*Sentence 

我先来看他再走。 

English:

I’ll come to see him first then go.


Usage 2 - "first": 

Sentence 

我先帮你们拍照吧!

English:

First, I'll help y'all take pictures!

Top-Down Word(s):

帮 bāng - to help
吧 ba - (particle expressing suggestion)



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Comments   2

jack

both sentences missing from the deck - ? was there a recent deck update?

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Mandarin Blueprint

Hmm, I found the first sentence no problem. The second sentence was already introduced in Level 25 for 拍照, so this is just a repeat of the sentence focusing on 先. That said, you should still be able to find it by copy/pasting the sentence into the search. I'm going to be doing an Anki update for all decks hopefully today or tomorrow, so keep an eye out.

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