How to Say ‘I thought it was in just now!’ in Traditional Chinese
我剛剛以為進了！
wǒ gāng gāng yǐ wèi jìn le
[wo gānggāng yǐwéi jìn le]
Phrase Breakdown
我剛剛
wǒ gāng gāng
I just now
我 (I) + 剛剛 (just now). Say 剛剛 as gānggāng, both syllables in a high, level first tone.
我剛剛到。
I just arrived.
Words in this phrase
我
wǒ
[wo]
I; me
The first-person pronoun used to talk about yourself.
我想多了解你們公司的制度，所以先自我介紹。
I want to learn more about your company’s system, so I’ll introduce myself first.
剛剛
gāng gāng
[gānggāng]
just now
A moment ago.
他剛剛走了。
He just left.
以為進了！
yǐ wèi jìn le
thought it went in!
以為 means to think, usually wrongly. 進了 means it went in, such as a goal. 以 changes to a rising tone before the third-tone 為.
我以為他來了。
I thought he had come.
Words in this phrase
以為
yǐ wèi
[yǐwéi]
to think (mistakenly)
To believe something that turns out to be wrong.
我以為今天下雨。
I thought it would rain today.
進
jìn
[jìn]
to go in; to score
The ball entering the goal.
這球進了嗎？
Did this ball go in?
了
le
[le]
change-of-state particle
With 快…了, shows something is about to happen.
火車快來了。
The train is about to arrive.
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