Anneysha7 Posted January 5, 2018 at 12:05 PM Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 at 12:05 PM 你好！ I read in a grammar book that one must not place at the end of the sentence, but in the same book, there is a sentence with at the end. It is highlighted so I'm assuming there's a rule to it. However, I cannot find any explanation to it on the Internet. The book doesn't explain it either. I tried attaching a n image earlier but since it was taking it forever to upload, I decided to type the sentence. 你是中围人,我是中国人也。 Please help me! Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Posted January 5, 2018 at 12:19 PM Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 at 12:19 PM That sentence is wrong. It's English ('You are Chinese, I am Chinese too') translated literally. I don't have your grammar book, but perhaps you can check again if there isn't an explanation on how this is what you shouldn't do. 也 at the end of a sentence is actually very normal in classical Chinese (吾华人也, to just make up an example), so you might come across it at some point. But the sentence you quote is just wrong. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anneysha7 Posted January 5, 2018 at 12:32 PM Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 at 12:32 PM @Lu Thank you for replying! : ) I tried uploading the image once again and this time I was successful! There is no explanation to the highlighted sentence. I was referring to sentence 3(a). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Posted January 5, 2018 at 12:52 PM Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 at 12:52 PM The * usually means 'the following sentence/word is wrong'. But they should have explained that more clearly, I think. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somethingfunny Posted January 5, 2018 at 01:11 PM Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 at 01:11 PM And given that 3b. is also incorrect, I think it is safe to assume Lu is right here and these are examples of incorrect use. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anneysha7 Posted January 5, 2018 at 01:25 PM Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 at 01:25 PM @Lu Ah, I didn't know about the * sentences. I'm glad I asked. : ) Thank you so much! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lechuan Posted January 5, 2018 at 01:35 PM Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 at 01:35 PM There is a good explanation of 也 in the Chinese Grammar Wiki 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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