就这样讲英语。。。。。(14)

“ I was here before you came.”

这段英语对吗？假若把它翻译成华语就是：你来之前，我在这里了。

如要把这段华语翻译成英语，“你来之前，我已（或已经）在这里了”你的翻译是怎样的呢？是不是这样：“I was here already before you came.”

“I was here already before you came.”是直接性的翻译，带有浓厚性的华语色彩！

如这样的翻译，会比较好：“I had been here before you came.” 把was 换成 had been ，它意味着把过去式(PAST TENSE) 变着过去完成式(PAST PERFECT TENSE)。

过去完成式 (PAST PERFECT TENSE)的用途是表达过去最先完成或做完的事。

如：过去的三十分钟，你先上餐馆，然后才去逛街。

先上餐馆用餐，在英语文法中，你就用过去完成式 (PAST PERFECT TENSE)

I had gone to the restaurant

然后才去逛街， 那你用过去式(PAST TENSE)

I went for shopping.

这两段就成了：“I had gone to the restaurant before I went for shopping”可不是I went to restaurant and also went for shopping 或 I went to restaurant and shopping。 如果你用了两个过去式(PAST TENSE)来形容两个动作“上餐馆”，“去逛街”听者可能不知道你做什么先！