就 — Adverb before the verb on a singled-out subject: a general claim is laid down, and 就 points to this one case that runs against it.

TSUMUGU · TBCL 5 (est.) · 語法

就 grammar point · tier 1 · 就 counter-example (this one case goes the other way)

· jiù

Adverb before the verb on a singled-out subject: a general claim is laid down, and 就 points to this one case that runs against it.

Hook inherited from 就.

Adverb before the verb on a singled-out subject

框 · Frame

[general claim]，[this one subject] 就 [verb that breaks the claim]

觸 · Trigger

A sweeping claim is on the table; raise the one case that goes against it.

序 · The move

1Lay down the general claim about the whole group.Is there a group statement for the one case to break?

2Name the single subject set apart, then put 就 before its verb.Does 就 sit before the verb of the singled-out subject, after its name?

3Read the singled-out case back against the claim.Does this one case run counter to the general statement, not echo it?

例 · Examples

1不是每個外國人都不吃not every foreigner avoids it臭豆腐，我的日本朋友my Japanese friend就很喜歡吃。

It's not that every foreigner avoids stinky tofu; my Japanese friend, for one, loves it.

界 · Boundary

就1

就1 lands a second action promptly behind a first event on the time axis; 就3 picks out one subject whose behaviour cuts against a general claim. Same char, different work.

卻

卻 marks a turn against expectation inside one subject's own story; 就3 sets one named case against a stated claim about the whole group, singling it out as the exception.

連…都…

連…都… folds in the hardest case so the rest follow with it; 就3 splits one case off as the one that does not follow.

我的日本朋友很喜歡吃。 (no claim set up, reads as a bare statement) → 不是每個外國人都不吃，我的日本朋友就很喜歡吃。 (the one case set against the claim)

我的日本朋友很喜歡吃就。 → 我的日本朋友就很喜歡吃。 (就 sits before the verb, never trails it)

每個外國人都不吃，我的日本朋友就很喜歡吃。 (claim left absolute, no room for the one case) → 不是每個外國人都不吃，我的日本朋友就很喜歡吃。 (claim softened first, then the standout breaks it)

English carries this with 'for one' or a stressed pronoun ('MY friend loves it'); 就 is fixed before the verb of the singled-out subject, not next to the pronoun, and never opens or closes the clause.