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て Form (Intermediate ㊥ 455)

After/since a point in time at which something takes place.

Equivalent: And; since; having done something

こちらにいらっしゃってもう何年になりますか。
How long have you been here / how many years it is since you came here?
二人は結婚して二年後に離婚した。
The couple got married and two years later they got divorced.
会社を辞めてもう久しい。
It has been a long time since I quit the company.
この島を訪れてもう何年になるだろうか。
I wonder how many years have already passed since I last visited this island.
この会社で働き始めてこれで四年になります。
It's been four years since I began to work at this company.
この町に来てまだ一週間目です。
It's my first week in this town.

Formation

VてDuration
来て二年It has been two years since someone came

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