As a professional Mandarin instructor with almost two decades worth of teaching experience in American schools, I came to recognize how language-learning in a school setting is only one step in the long journey of acquiring a foreign language. I felt a need and urge to bring my profession beyond school, and I believe professional teaching should be accessible to anyone at any point in their life. It is with this belief that I founded MAD Mandarin LLC in 2018 with the goal to incorporate the latest teaching methods with my own innovative approach of Mindful-Active-Dynamic to positively achieve the best language-learning results.
“刚” 和 “刚才” 的麻烦在于它们的样子很像，又都一个较短时间有关。
可是只要记住一点就可以快速区分它们：“刚” 是副词，意思是just； “刚才” 是时间词组，意思是just now /a little time ago。 “刚”做为副词要放在动词的前面；“刚才”做为时间词组常常放在主语的前面或者后面。
比较一下它们的用法：
“小李刚吃完晚饭。” “Xiao Li just finished eating dinner.”
“小李刚才吃了晚饭了。/ 刚才小李吃了晚饭了。” “Just now, Xiao Li has finished dinner.”
从上面例句可以看出尽管它们说的是一件事，可是回答的是两个不同的问题：1. 小李在做什么 What is Xiao Li doing?； 2. 小李吃了晚饭了吗？Has Xiao Li eaten dinner yet?
所以，“刚”和“刚才”有着不同的功用。
