Difference between revisions of "Cause and effect with "yinwei" and "suoyi""

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You will often come across “因为 (yīnwèi)... 所以 (suǒyǐ)..." in written Chinese as well as spoken Chinese. Better get used to it!

"因为 ... 所以 ..." are used to indicate cause and effect. They are often thought of as being: "Since ___ happened, so ___ happened."

因为 + Cause + 所以 + Effect

This expresses that because of cause, therefore there is a result. It is quite common for 因为 to be shortened to just 为.

因为老板不在这里，所以我给他打电话。Since the boss isn't here, I called him.
因为去北京学习中文了，所以你现在说中文很流利。You went to Beijing to study Chinese, so now you speak Chinese fluently.
因为天气太热，所以我要喝冰可乐。The weather is really hot, so I'm going to drink some iced Coke.

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-You will often come across “因为 ... 所以 ..." in written Chinese as well as spoken Chinese. Better get used to it!
+You will often come across “因为 (yīnwèi)... 所以 (suǒyǐ)..." in written Chinese as well as spoken Chinese. Better get used to it!
 == Structure ==
-"因为 ... 所以 ..." (yīnwéi ... suóyǐ ...) are used to indicate cause and effect.
+"因为 ... 所以 ..." are used to indicate cause and effect. They are often thought of as being: "Since ___ happened, so ___ happened."
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