Cause and effect with "yinwei" and "suoyi"

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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!

Structure

"因为 ... 所以 ..." (yīnwéi ... suóyǐ ...) are used to indicate cause and effect.

因为 + Cause + 所以 + Effect

This expresses that because of cause, therefore there is a result.

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 中文 了,所以 你 现在 说 中文 很 流利。He went to Beijing to study Chinese, so now he speaks 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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