Chinese Grammar learning: 那么……

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Structure

When expressing "Then...", you can use "那么" (nàme) in order to begin a judgment or result from previous context. An example of this in English would be "Then, what should we do?"
Context + 那么 + Result

Examples

Here are some examples of 那么 being used in this way.

Jìrán dàjiā dōu tónɡyì zhè ɡè fānɡàn, nàme, wǒmenjiùkāishǐshíshībɑ.
既然 大家 都 同意 这 个 方案，那么 ，我们就开始实施吧。

Since everyone agreed on this plan, then we'll put it into efforts.

Nǐrènwéizhèɡexiánɡfǎxínɡbùtōnɡ,nàme, nǐyǒuqítādexiánɡfǎmɑ?
你认为这个想法行不通，那么，你有其他的想法吗？

You don’t think this idea is possible.Then have you got any other good idea?

Shíwǔlù ɡōnɡɡònɡ qìchē yǐjīnɡ méiyǒu le, nàme, wǒmen zěnme huíjiā?
十五路 公共 汽车 已经 没有 了，那么 ，我们 怎么 回家?

The Line 15 bus already stopped running, so how are we going to get home?

wǒ de wénzhānɡ de chūɡǎo zhēn bú tài hǎo, nàme ,mínɡtiān wǒ zěnme jiāo lùnwén ne?
我 的 文章 的 初稿 真 不 太 好，那么 ，明天 我 怎么 交 论文 呢？

My first draft isn't very good, so how am I going to hand in a dissertation tomorrow?