The basic usage of "shì""yě""hé" -“是”“也”“和”的基本用法
"是", "也" and "和" are three common words in Mandarin Chinese. They have different usages in different sentences. In this lesson, we are going to learn the basic usages of these three words. The basic meaning of “是” is “to be”, but notice that “是” and “to be” are not exactly the same. “也” means “also”, you should notice the position of “也” in Chinese word order. “和” is one of the most common conjunctions in Chinese. There are several meanings of “和”. In this lesson, we just talk about the usage of the meaning “and”.
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1.The basic usage of “是”
The determinative sentence with “是”, indicating what somebody or something equals or belongs to.
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In Chinese, adjective phrases and some adjectives can be used as predicate directly, no need to add the verb “是”.
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2.The basic usage of “也”
“也” used between subject and predicate, means “also”, “too”, “as well as”.
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3.The basic usage of “和”
“和” is used to connect two or more elements, indicating a parallel relationship. Exchange the order does not change the meaning of the sentence.
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When there are three or more elements, “和” must be placed between the last two.
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