Months and years
10 phrases这个 / 下个 / 上个 - this, next, last - attach to 月 and 星期 but not to 年. The year takes its own words: 今年, 明年, 去年. Getting 上个月 and 去年 into reflex saves you from the commonest beginner error, which is inventing 上个年 by analogy.
这个 / 下个 / 上个 - this, next, last - attach to 月 and 星期 but not to 年. The year takes its own words: 今年, 明年, 去年. Getting 上个月 and 去年 into reflex saves you from the commonest beginner error, which is inventing 上个年 by analogy.