[General] As time went on....

[Silverobama]

Hi.

I haven't went back to the village I lived when I was young and I went there yesterday. A man who I knew still lives there and he told me (I translated this into English) "As time went on, many changes took place in our village".

Is the sentence natural?

 

[GoesStation]

The expression is as time goes by.

 

[Silverobama]

The expression is as time goes by.

"As time went by, many changes took place in our village".

Is the above sentence okay?

 

[Raymott]

Yes, it is.

 

[Rover_KE]

I haven't went back to the village I lived when I was young ...

This clause needs work. Please try again.

 

[Silverobama]

I haven't went back to the village I lived when I was young ...

I haven't gone back to the village I lived when I was young.

Is this better?

 

[Raymott]

I haven't gone back to the village I lived when I was young.

"I haven't gone back to the village [which] I lived in when I was young."
"I haven't gone back to the village in which I lived when I was young."
You don't live a village; you live in one.
We would normally say "I haven't been back to the village ..." I guess we say it that way because the emphasis is not on going there, but on being there.

 

[Tarheel]

Hi.

I hadn't been back to the village I lived in since I was young, but I went there yesterday.

Try that!