tortʰo²¹🔊adv.副when; while (referring to something in the past)时候/shíhòu/Ngo ye tor seir yarzi gayo.我小的时候很乖。When I was still small, (I) was very well behaved.Halleix sul zza tor mel, ni zoxlzoxl a ngo xilmeir cux.以前读书的时候，你经常坐我前面。Before when studying (in school), you always sat in front of me.1. The words /car/ 'when' is used as a general term to refer to when some action or situation occured--regardless of whether it is past or some kind of re-occuring present tense or future tense. The /qie/ ' is used to refer to the time that an action takes place in the past in relation to a second action taking place at that same time. i.e. 'When she was working in the house, her kids came home.' The word /tor/ 'when' refers to a time in the past. The postpositional temporal adverbs are: car, qie, tor 'when, while'; xilmeir leil 'before'; ho 'after'; seir 'yet'; ngaseir 'just', 'recently'. Other temporal constructions are located, most often, at the beginning of the clause. There are some constructions, such as 'halcar a mel' 'at that time' that can occur either in front or in back of the clause. 时间性后置副词有：car, qie, tor ‘时候’; xielmeir leil ‘以前’; ho ‘以后’; seir ‘还’; ngaseir ‘才, 刚刚’。其他时间性结构的用法多半在句子之首。有些结构如：‘halcar a mel’ ‘那时候'可以在一个子句之首或尾。tor ~ tortorCompare 另见carhongaseirqieseirtortorxilmeir leiltortʰo²¹

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