In English, "as long as …" certainly needs to be followed by a desirable result (it can't be undesirable). In Chinese, I would use 只要… in the same way. But I have seen this sentence >> 只要我喝两杯咖啡就睡不着 Certainly, not being able to sleep is an undesirable result, but I was told this sentence is okay. It certainly can't be translated as: "As long as I drink two cups of coffee, I can't sleep". It could be translated as: "If I drink two cups of coffee, I can't sleep". In Chinese, I would use 如果 rather than 只要.
@IHeartMandarin8
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Yes! That's true. Sometimes two languages can't be translated exactly.
@MM-np4md
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So you can put a subject before "就"right? It doesn't always have to be just "就"
@IHeartMandarin8
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Yes!
@mountaintag
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I think the important thing is that the subject needs to come before 就 and not after it. Because 就 being an adverb needs to be directly followed by a verb.
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