When you want to express in Chinese that something has happened again, you generally want to use 又 (yòu). To express “again” in the future you will want to use 再 (zài).
Normally, 又 is used to express an action that has already happened again for (at least) the second time. It doesn’t have to be in quick succession; it happened before, and now it’s happened again.
Structure: (Subj.) + 又 + Verb + 了
Examples:
又下雨了！(yòu xiàyǔ le) = It rained again!
你又迟到了。(nǐ yòu chídào le) = You’re late again.
宝宝又哭了。(bǎobao yòu kū le) = The baby is crying again.
我又忘了。(wǒ yòu wàng le) = I forgot again.
The negative form looks like this:
Structure: (Subj.) + 又 + 不 / 没 + Verb
Examples:
他又没来上课。(tā yòu méi lái shàngkè) = He didn’t come to class again.
你们又不付钱？(nǐmen yòu bù fùqián) = You’re not paying again?
你又不参加？(nǐ yòu bù cānjiā) = You are not going to participate again?
对不起 ，我又没带书。(duìbuqǐ, wǒ yòu méi dài shū) = Sorry, I forgot to bring the book again.
又来了 fits the above pattern, but is also a little tricky because it expresses something that is still ongoing, and has already started as the speaker is speaking. Literally it means “here it comes again,” but it’s more accurate to translate it as “there it is again,” or “there [he] goes again.” It indicates that the speaker is a bit annoyed that it happened again.
When it becomes clear that something is about to happen again, you can also use 又. It’s almost as if it has already happened in your mind. In these cases, it’s quite common for 又 to be immediately followed by 是 (shì), 要 (yào), 可以 (kěyǐ), or 能 (néng), and you’ll notice that there’s often a 了,indicating that something is about to happen.
Examples:
今天又要加班了！(jīntiān yòu yào jiābān le) = We’ve got to work overtime again today!
快过年了 ，我们又能拿红包了！(kuài guònián le, wǒmen yòu néng ná hóngbāo le) = It’s almost Chinese New Year. We can get our red packets again!
Post time: Mar-04-2020