A Character a Day 也

Keynotes:

也  yě  also , too

Both parts are positive statements.

我会说中文，她也会说中文。

wǒ huì shuō zhōngwén, tā yě huì shuō zhōngwén

I can speak Chinese. She can also speak Chinese.

我会说中文，也会说英语。

wǒ huì shuō zhōng wén , yě huì shuō yīngyǔ

I can speak Chinese. Also I can speak English.

我有姐姐，也有妹妹。

wǒ yǒu jiějie , yě yǒu mèimei

I have older sister, also I have younger sister.

Both parts are negative statements.

我不会说法语，她也不会说法语。

wǒ bú huì shuō fǎyǔ, tā yě búhuì shuō fǎyǔ

I can’t speak French. She can’t speak French either.

我不会说法语，也不会说德语。

wǒ bú huì shuō fǎ yǔ  , yě bú huì shuō déyǔ

I can’t speak French. I can’t speak German either.

你不去，我也不去。

nǐ bú qù , wǒ yě bú qù

You don’t go, I don’t go either.

也许 yě xǔ  perhaps, maybe

可能   kě néng it’s possible that….,  maybe

也许他会来。

yě xǔ tā huì lái

Perhaps he will come.

试试这个方法，也许有用。

shì shi zhè ge fāngfǎ , yěxǔ yǒuyòng

Try this method. Maybe it works.

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