“因为……，所以……”

HSK 2Lesson 6

因为……，所以……: "Because …, (so) …"

结构Pattern

因为	Cause	所以	Result
因为	下雨了	所以	我们在家
因为	他天天运动	所以	身体很好
因为	面条太多了	所以	我不吃了

解释Explanation

“因为”说原因，“所以”说结果。原因在前面，结果在后面。“因为”和“所以”可以一起用，也可以只用一个。

因为 introduces the cause and 所以 introduces the result. In Chinese the cause normally comes first and the result second. Unlike English, it's perfectly natural to use both words in the same sentence (因为……，所以……). You can also drop one of them: 因为下雨了，我们不去了 / 下雨了，所以我们不去了. When the reason comes second, use only 因为: 我今天没去学校，因为我生病了.

例句Examples

因为下雨了，所以我们不去打篮球了。
Yīnwèi xià yǔ le, suǒyǐ wǒmen bú qù dǎ lánqiú le.
It's raining, so we're not going to play basketball.
因为他经常游泳，所以身体很好。
Yīnwèi tā jīngcháng yóu yǒng, suǒyǐ shēntǐ hěn hǎo.
He swims a lot, so he's very fit.
因为这个饭店的鱼很好吃，所以人很多。
Yīnwèi zhège fàndiàn de yú hěn hǎochī, suǒyǐ rén hěn duō.
The fish at this restaurant is delicious, so it's always busy.
我今天没去学校，因为我生病了。
Wǒ jīntiān méi qù xuéxiào, yīnwèi wǒ shēng bìng le.
I didn't go to school today because I was ill.

练习Practice

Tap chips to arrange them into a correct sentence. Translation: He swims a lot, so he's very fit.

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