Contrastive subordinating conjunction patterns 🙄

✅ Limiting Adverbs + Inversion Patterns

(Only when…, Only after…, Only once…, Only if…, Only then…, Only by…)

ဒီမှာပါတဲ့ စကားတွေဟာ Limiting adverbs (ကန့်သတ်ဖော်ပြသည့် adverbs) ဖြစ်ပြီး
➡️ တစ်ခု ဖြစ်ပြီးမှ/အချိန်မှတ်တစ်ခုမှာမှ/အခြေအနေတစ်ခုလိုမှ
နောက်ထပ်เหตุการณ์တစ်ခုက ဖြစ်လာတယ်လို့ ပြသတယ်။

🔥 MAIN RULE (Most important!)
1. Only when / Only after / Only once / Only if + Clause

✔ Front position: First clause = normal order
❗ Second clause = Inversion

Example pattern:
Only when + S + V, aux + S + V

2. Only then

✔ One clause only
✔ Inversion right after “Only then”
(no need to have two clauses)

Example:
Only then did he understand.

3. Only by + Noun / V-ing

✔ No clause after “Only by”
✔ Inversion comes in the main clause

Example:
Only by working hard can you succeed.

🔰 Rule-by-rule with CLEAR EXAMPLES (Burmese meaning included)
✅ 1. Only when + clause, aux + subject + verb

Only when he explained everything did she calm down.

✅ 2. Only after + clause, aux + subject + verb

Only after the meeting had ended did they realize the mistake.

✅ 3. Only once + clause, aux + subject + verb

Only once I had tried it did I understand its value.

✅ 4. Only if + clause, aux + subject + verb

Only if you work hard will you succeed.

✅ 5. Only then + inversion

(No second clause required)

Only then did he understand what she meant.

✅ 6. Only by + noun / V-ing + inversion

Only by working together can we solve this problem.

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