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    Chinese Grammar

    Expressing 'this year' with 今年 (jīnnián)

    Time Expressions

    Structure

    今年 + Time/Event

    Explanation

    今年 (jīnnián) means "this year" and refers to the current calendar year. It functions as a time word and is placed before the verb or at the beginning of a sentence to set the time frame. For example, 今年夏天很热 means "This year's summer is very hot."

    Examples

    • 今年我打算学开车。

      Jīnnián wǒ dǎsuàn xué kāichē.

      I plan to learn to drive this year.

    • 今年的冬天比去年冷多了。

      Jīnnián de dōngtiān bǐ qùnián lěng duō le.

      This year's winter is much colder than last year's.

    • 你今年有什么计划？

      Nǐ jīnnián yǒu shénme jìhuà?

      What plans do you have for this year?

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