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ID: 429
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HSK: 3
format: Subj. + 又 + Verb + 了
example: 这 个 人 又 来 了
details: 又 is used in declarative sentences and describes the simple repetition of actions. This repeated action has already occurred once in the past.
exception: 又来了 is a common usage in this pattern, but is also a little tricky because it expresses something that is still ongoing, and has already started as the speaker is speaking. 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.
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theme: Both 再 (zài) and 又 (yòu) express the repeating of an action and can be roughly translated in English to "again." However, 再 is used to express actions that have not yet occurred (the "future again") and 又 is used for actions that have already occurred (the "past again"). They're not interchangeable. In addition, each word has a few special usages.
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