て form and number, what does it mean example: "ザーレスが滅んで千年"


Sentence:

> それがサングルド山脈のどこかにあるというのだが、ザーレスが滅んで千年、いまだに入り口すら見つかっていないのだ。

Is it "...after destruction of ザーレス thousand years passed, and even now..."




It is precisely as you stated.

> 「Verb in て/で-form + time period」

means:

> "(It has been) N weeks/months/years/centuries **_since_** (event described
> by the verb phrase)"

**_Informally_** , you can insert 「から」 between the て/で-form and the time
period.




It is precisely as you stated.

> 「Verb in て/で-form + time period」

means:

> "(It has been) N weeks/months/years/centuries **_since_** (event described
> by the verb phrase)"

**_Informally_** , you can insert 「から」 between the て/で-form and the time
period.

