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456 te / te hajimete ItC 13 a*,
- ~7 hi +A. n
lti;5
(d) Z~)M~T~~~~~TZ;LLT~I+G=.~
(It's been four years since I began to work at this company.)
a
(el ~c18i:g-c E-
BB'JB il*o
(It's my first week in this town.)

1. The te form in question is followed by a duration.
(+ -te (DBJG: 464-67))
2. The antonym for Vte + N(duration) is Vinf.nonpast + N(duration) mae
ni as in (1) below.
3 .i
(1) ~A~~~~TQ=~~c~B~&~B
LIL,
(The couple met by arrangement two years before they got mar-
ried.)

All the te forms in KS and Exs. can be replaced by te kara. The only differ-
ence is that te kara focuses on the point in time at which s.t. takes place;
whereas te focuses on the duration of time following te.
(e karaZ (DBJG: 177-78))

te hajimete T#l@T ph,:

not until; only after; for the
that s.0. does s.t. or s.t. happens .first time
only after s.t. else happens or s.t. 1