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Expressing cause and effect
or reason and result
1 There is a cause and effect relationship between the two parts in each sentence
below. Connect the parts using ഖѰ/ഖ⡨ yqnwéi... ᡶԛ suwyv to show the
cause and effect relationship clearly.
Example:ᡇ⅘ⵁ⭫ᖧȾᡇ∅Ѡઞᵡ䜳ৱⵁ⭫ᖧȾ
ᡇ↗ⵁ䴱ᖧȾᡇ∅ف䙧ᵡ䜳ৱⵁ䴱ᖧȾ
Ww xvhuan kàn diànyvng. Ww mui gè zhrumò dru qù kàn
diànyvng.
→
ഖѰᡇ⅘ⵁ⭫ᖧθᡶԛ∅Ѡઞᵡ䜳ৱⵁȾ
ഖ⡨ᡇ↗ⵁ䴱ᖧθᡶԛ∅ف䙧ᵡ䜳ৱⵁȾ
Yqnwei ww xvhuan kàn diànyvng, suwyv mui gè zhrumò
druqù kàn.
a. ᡇ⅘ѣളᮽौθ൞ᆜѣᮽȾ
ᡇ↗ѣുᮽौθ൞ᆮѣᮽȾ
Wi xhhuan Zhdngguó wénhuà, zài xué Zhdngwén.
I like Chinese culture so I am studying Chinese.
b. ᡇ൞ᆜѣᮽθᢴҼжѠѣളੂኁȾ
ᡇ൞ᆮѣᮽθᢴҼжفѣുੂኁȾ
Wi zài xué Zhdngwén, zhfo le yc gè Zhdngguó tóngwe.
Because I am studying Chinese I looked for a Chinese roommate.
c. ᡇᱞཟ⯻Ҽθ⋗ৱр䈴Ⱦ
ᡇᱞཟ⯻Ҽθ⋈ৱр䃨Ⱦ
Wi zuótian bìng le, méi qù shàng kè.
I was sick yesterday so I didn’t go to class.
d. ᡇᱞཟ⋗ৱр䈴θу⸛䚉Ԁཟᴿ㘹䈋Ⱦ
ᡇᱞཟ⋈ৱр䃨θу⸛䚉Ԁཟᴿ㘹䂜Ⱦ
Wi zuótian méi qù shàng kè, bù zhcdào jcntian yiu kfoshì.
Because I didn’t go to class yesterday I didn’t know there was a test today.