AGO   ~前に

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We use the word ago to talk about how many hours, days, years, etc. before the PRESENT something happened. Ago is normally used with a verb in the past tense.

(Be careful: We can't use the word "before" in the same way as ago; for example, if you were born 35 years ago, you would NOT say, "I was born 35 years BEFORE.")

現在を基準にして、~時間前、~日前、~年前などに何かがあったと言いたいときagoという言葉を使います。agoは普通、過去形の文の中で使われます。

注意: beforeはagoと同じようには使えません。例えば、35年前に生まれたと言いたいときには、I was born 35 years BEFORE.とは言いません。


1.I'm not hungry, thanks. I just ate about an hour ago.
  
2.Millions of years ago, dinosaurs walked the planet.
   
3.a:My wife and I will celebrate our tenth anniversary next week.
b:Did you really get married ten years ago?
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