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!

Structure

"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.

Examples

  • 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 了 中文 ,所以 你 现在 汉语 说得 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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