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Everyday Words & Particles

也, 都, 的, and common glue words

HSK 1 · A1 · 10 words

Vocabulary

Pinyin colour = tone:1st2nd3rd4thneutral/mixed
not / no
没有
méiyǒu
don't have / not
also / too
dōu
all / both
hěn
very
tài
too / excessively
le
(completed action)
ma
(question particle)
ne
(and you?)
de
(possessive particle)

Grammar

也 (also) and 都 (all) go before the verb

我也去 = I'm going too. 我们都去 = we're all going. Order is fixed: Subject + 也/都 + verb.

他们都很忙。

Tāmen dōu hěn máng.

They are all busy.

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