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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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| − | == Structure ==
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| − | In this structure, we first state the result, and then give the reason in the next statement after the 因为.
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| − | <div class="jiegou">
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| − | Result ，因为 + Reason
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| − | == Examples ==
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| − | <div class="liju">
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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">She 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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| − | * 今天我没去上课，<em>因为</em> 我的身体不太舒服。<span class="trans">I didn't go to school today because I did not feel too well.</span>
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| − | * 我的男朋友很有爱心，<em>因为</em> 他很喜欢小动物。<span class="trans">My boyfriend is compassionate because he likes small animals.</span>
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| − | * 我的爸爸和哥哥都不抽烟，<em>因为</em> 抽烟对身体不好。<span class="trans">My father and brother both don't smoke because smoking is not good for one's body. </span>
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| − | * 我的外国朋友学汉语学得很快，<em>因为</em>她经常看中国的电视剧。<span class="trans">My foreign friend learned Chinese really fast because she often watches Chinese TV shows.</span>
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| − | * 上个周末他们没有去杭州玩儿，<em>因为</em> 天气非常热。<span class="trans">Last weekend they didn't go to visit Hangzhou because the weather was very hot.</span>
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| − | * 上海的年轻人英语说得不错，<em>因为</em>上海有很多老外 。<span class="trans">The young people in Shanghai speak English well because Shanghai has a lot of foreigners.</span>
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| − | * 上个月我不在上海，<em>因为</em>我去南京玩儿了 。<span class="trans">I wasn't in Shanghai last month because I went to visit Nanjing.</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. 272) [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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| − | [[Category:A2 grammar points]]
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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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| − | {{Translation|because}}
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