Sentence pattern · Band 1
也 and 都: also and all, always before the verb
主语 + 也/都 + 动词
也 means too and 都 means all, and both are homebodies: they live right before the verb and never move. To say I am going too, park 也 in front of the action, as in 我也去. For every one of us, 都 takes the same spot: 我们都去. English lets also and all wander; Mandarin gives each one a chair and keeps it there.
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Mistakes people make
也 sits right before the verb, after the person; English lets also drift to the end, Mandarin does not.
When both show up in one sentence, 也 comes first and 都 follows it.
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What does 也、都 mean?
也 means too and 都 means all, and both are homebodies: they live right before the verb and never move. To say I am going too, park 也 in front of the action, as in 我也去. For every one of us, 都 takes the same spot: 我们都去. English lets also and all wander; Mandarin gives each one a chair and keeps it there.
How do you build it?
主语 + 也/都 + 动词
What is the most common mistake?
我去也。 → 我也去。
也 sits right before the verb, after the person; English lets also drift to the end, Mandarin does not.
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