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| − | A common way to explain causes in Chinese is with 因为 (yīnwèi). This is almost entirely equivalent to "because" in English. Usually 因为 will begin a new phrase in a sentence.
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| − | * 我 不 喜欢 汉字，<em>因为</em> 很 难 记。<span class="trans">I don't like Chinese characters because they are hard to remember.</span>
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| − | * 她 喜欢 你，<em>因为</em> 你 很 友好。<span class="trans">He likes you because you are friendly.</span>
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| − | * 我 不 记得 昨天 的 事情，<em>因为</em> 我 喝 了 太多 啤酒。<span class="trans">I don't remember what happened yesterday because I drank too much beer.</span>
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| − | ==See also==
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| − | *[[Explaining results with "suoyi"]]
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| − | *[[Cause and Effect with "yinwei" and "suoyi"]]
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| − | *[[Stating the Effect before the Cause]] (advanced article)
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| − | == Sources and further reading ==
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| − | === Books ===
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| − | * [[Chinese Grammar - Broken down into 100 items - Basic and Intermediate Levels (汉语语法百项讲练 - 初中级)]] (pp. 271) [http://www.amazon.cn/gp/product/B004WA6JSQ/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-23&linkCode=as2&camp=536&creative=3132&creativeASIN=B004WA6JSQ →buy]
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| − | {{Basic Grammar|因为|A2|……，因为…|我 不 喜欢 汉字，<em>因为</em> 很 难 记。|grammar point|ASGLJ891}}
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| − | {{Similar|Explaining results with "suoyi"}}
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| − | {{Similar|Cause and Effect with "yinwei" and "suoyi"}}
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| − | {{Similar|Stating the Effect before the Cause}}
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| − | {{Used for|Indicating cause and effect}}
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| − | {{POS|Conjunctions}}
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