陈述句 Declarative sentence
In English, there are 'both and all' to describe two or more subjects having the same feature or do the same action. 都 covers 'both' and 'all'.For example,
I am a teacher. --> 我是老师。
You are a teacher. --> 你是 老师。
(There are two teachers now.)
We are both teachers. --> 我们都是老师。
He is also a teacher. --> 他也是老师。
(There are more than two teachers now.)
We are all teachers. --> 我们都是老师。
否定句 Negative sentence
There are two different negative sentences.'both not' and 'all not' negative sentence
For example,
I am not a teacher. --> 我不是老师。
You are not a teacher. --> 你不是老师。
(Two people both are not teachers.)
Both of us are not teachers. --> 我们都不是老师。
He is not a teacher either. --> 他也不是老师。
(More than two people are not teachers.)
All of us are not teachers. / None of us are teachers. --> 我们都不是老师。
'not both' and 'not all' negative sentence
For example,I am not a teacher. --> 我不是老师。
You are a teacher. --> 你是老师。
Not both of us are teachers. --> 我们不都是老师。
He is a teacher. --> 他是老师。
Not all of us are teachers. --> 我们不都是老师。
Now it's your turn. Please translate one of the following sentences into Chinese and type as your comment to get feedback from me.
- We both eat breakfast.
- They all want to go.
- None of them wants to go.
- Neither of his parents likes hiking.
- The apple is expensive. The pear is not expensive. Not all the fruit is expensive.
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