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Let’s go over the difference between 刚 (gāng) and 刚才 (gāng cái). Difference 1: Part of Speech 刚 is an adverb, so it’s used to describe a verb. So, when 刚 is used, to focus is more on the verb 刚才 is a noun meaning “just now” or “just a moment ago”. When 刚才 is used, the focus is more on the time period in which an action is happening Difference 2: How long is “just”? For 刚, “just” is relative. For example, if you were just getting back home, it could be seconds ago, minutes ago, or even an hour ago. And if you just moved into an apartment, you could have moved in earlier that day, earlier that week, or even earlier that month. 刚才 is more “just now”, so it refers to something that happened not too long ago. Probably seconds or some amount of minutes ago. Difference 3: Include a 了 or no? For 刚, there’s usually not a 了. I think we could put it in, but you’ll more commonly hear 刚 without a 了. For 刚才, there’s usually a 了. This is because 刚才 is a time phrase denoting an action that happened in the past, like 昨天 = “yesterday”. 刚 Pattern: [subject] + 刚 + [verb] [subject] just [verbed] 刚 Examples: 1. 我刚回家 wǒ gāng huí jiā I just got back home 2. 我刚刚醒 wǒ gāng gang xǐng I just woke up 3. 我刚到公司 wǒ gāng dào gōng sī I just arrived at work; I just got to work 4. 我刚吃完饭 wǒ gāng chī wán fàn I just finished eating 刚才 Patterns: Because 刚才 is a noun, we can switch it around with the [subject]. 1. 刚才 + [subject] + [verb] Just now, [subject] [verbed] 2. [subject] + 刚才 + [verb] [subject], just now, [verbed] 刚才 Examples: 1. 我刚才在外面看见了两只猫 wǒ gāng cái zài wài miàn kàn jiàn le liǎng zhī māo I just saw two cats outside 2. 刚才我听到了一个很奇怪的声音 gāng cái wǒ tīng dào le yí gè hěn qí guài de shēng yīn Just now, I heard a strange noise; I just heard a strange noise 3. 我刚才不是说了吗。今天不用上学 wǒ gāng cái bú shi shuō le ma jīn tiān bú yòng shàng xué Didn't I just tell you? We don't have to go to school today