Chinese GCSE
Time Markers (时间词)
What Time Markers (时间词) means in Chinese GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Time Markers (时间词)
Words placed at the start of a sentence or after the subject to indicate tense, since Chinese verbs do not conjugate (e.g., 以前, 现在, 将来).
Topics that use Time Markers (时间词)
- Work (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Complex Structures (复杂句型)
- Justification
- Measure Word (量词)
- Register
- 兼职 (jiānzhí)
- 对...感兴趣 (duì... gǎn xìngqù)
- 成为 (chéngwéi)
Using Time Markers (时间词) in the exam
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