Learn Chinese for Free—Lesson 24

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Lesson 24 of 360

Today's Chinese characters:

也都呢

也, 都, and 呢 are often used together in dialogues. Besides, you already know that 们 is used to show plural number. 都 is another plural-related character!

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Used at the end of an interrogative sentence to ask a question in connection with the preceding topic

Description and Examples

Dialogue 12

A:
你好吗？
B:
很好。你好吗？
A:
我也很好。
B:
你认识他吗？
A:
不认识。
B:
他是我的老师，也是我的朋友。

Sentence Structure 15
Adverb “也”

The adverb 也 must be placed after the subject and before the predicate.

Example

我也是老师。


Dialogue 13

A:
你好吗？
B:
很好。你呢？
A:
我也很好。

Sentence Structure 16
The Elliptical Question With “呢”

Elliptical questions may be formed by adding the modal particle 呢 to a noun, pronoun or nominal construction. The meaning of this kind of question is determined by the context.

Example

我是医生。你呢？

meaning: "What about you? What's your profession?"

If asked without any context, it concerns the whereabouts of somebody or something. For example, if you meet Mary and just ask her "Lucy呢？", it would mean "Where is Lucy?"


Dialogue 14

A:
你们好！
B、C:
你好！你好吗？
A:
很好。你们呢？
B、C:
我们也都很好。

Dialogue 15

A:
你认识他们吗？
B:
认识。
A:
他们都是老师吗？
B:
不是。一个是老师，一个是医生。

Sentence Structure 17
Adverb “都”

The adverb 都 must be placed after the subject and before the predicate verb or adjective. As a rule, it indicates all of the persons or things referred to by the preceding noun (phrase).

Examples

correct: 他们都认识我
wrong: *我都认识他们


Sentence Structure 18
Adverbs “也” And “都” Used Together

When both the adverbs 也 and 都 are used to modify the same predicate, 也 comes before 都.

Example

她们也都是医生



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