<p>An extension of 一 A 就 B  is that you can omit 一 and replace A as a condition.</p>

<p>一到下午就没有阳光了 Can be rephrased as
下午就没有阳光了</p>

<p>了follows 没有阳光, expressing the shift of situation has happened. It  has sunshine before noon, in other words.</p>

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<p>You can see component in your sentence 下午就没有阳光了(There has been no sunlight on afternoon) as [particular situation]就[other situation]. It denote [other situation] occurred after [particular situation]. In this component [particular situation] is 下午 and [other situation] is 没有阳光了. So 没有阳光了 occurred after 下午 has begun.</p>

<p>You can see component in your sentence 没有阳光了(There has been no sunlight) as [situation]了. It denote [situation] has happened. In this component [situation] is 没有阳光 so 没有阳光 has happened.</p>

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<p>The conversation is: </p>

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<pre><code>A: 这套房子下午就没有阳光了吧？
B: 是的。
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<p>Can you guys tell me the purpose of 就...了 in that question? Thank you a lot. </p>

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Purpose of 就...了 in 这套房子下午就没有阳光了吧？
# Purpose of 就...了 in 这套房子下午就没有阳光了吧？

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-04-21)

The conversation is: 

A: 这套房子下午就没有阳光了吧？
B: 是的。


Can you guys tell me the purpose of 就...了 in that question? Thank you a lot.

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-04-29. Score: 1

An extension of 一 A 就 B is that you can omit 一 and replace A as a condition.

一到下午就没有阳光了 Can be rephrased as
下午就没有阳光了

了follows 没有阳光, expressing the shift of situation has happened. It has sunshine before noon, in other words.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2020-04-21. Score: 1

You can see component in your sentence 下午就没有阳光了(There has been no sunlight on afternoon) as [particular situation]就[other situation]. It denote [other situation] occurred after [particular situation]. In this component [particular situation] is 下午 and [other situation] is 没有阳光了. So 没有阳光了 occurred after 下午 has begun.

You can see component in your sentence 没有阳光了(There has been no sunlight) as [situation]了. It denote [situation] has happened. In this component [situation] is 没有阳光 so 没有阳光 has happened.


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