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Chinese grammar: Explaining causes with "yinwei"
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A common way to explain causes in Chinese is with "因为"(yīnwèi). This is almost entirely equivalent to "because" in English. Usually "因为"will begin a new phrase in a sentence.

Structure:
In this structure, we first state the result, and then give the reason in the next statement after the "因为".

result,因为+reason

Examples:

Wǒ bú xǐhuɑn hànzì, yīnwèi hěn nán jì.
我 不 喜欢 汉字,因为 很 难 记。
I don't like Chinese characters because they are hard to remember.
Wǒ bú jìdé zuótiān de shìqínɡ, yīnwèi wǒ hē le tàiduō píjiǔ.
我 不 记得 昨天 的 事情,因为 我 喝 了 太多 啤酒。
I don't remember what happened yesterday because I drank too much beer.

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