Expressing "all" with "suoyou"

Revision as of 10:00, 21 September 2016 by Salisbuj (talk | contribs) (→‎Examples)

In this grammar structure, we learn about a way to say "all" that is, well, a bit more epic. Sort of like how we might say "all the king's men" or "all the money in the world."

Structure

"所有的... 都..." (suǒyǒude... dōu...) is a pattern used to refer to "every" or "all" of a noun, with the quantity of said noun usually being fairly large. You can sometimes not use “的” after “所有”.

所有的 + Noun + 都 + Verb / Adj.

Examples

  • 我们 部门 所有 的 员工 会 说 英文。All the employees from our department can speak English.
  • 你们 公司 所有的 经理 是 男的 吗?All the managers in your company are male?
  • 我 听说 这里 所有 的 女孩 没 上 过 学。I've heard that all of the girls here have never gone to school.
  • 妈妈 做 的 所有菜 我 爱 吃。I love eating all the food that mom makes.
  • 所有 作业 你 做 完 了 吗? Have you finished doing all the homework yet?
  • 中国 所有的 名山 我 去 过。 I've been to each and every famous mountain in China.
  • 他 找 了 所有的 朋友 ,但是 没有 人 能 帮 他。 He went to all his friends, but nobody can help.
  • 这 次 旅行 我们 花 了所有的 We spent all the money on this trip.

See also

Sources and further reading

Books

Websites