Mandarin · Chapter 23 · Lesson 8 · Grammar primer
The 所 family
所有, 所谓, 所以 and the bare 所 + verb nominaliser. One classical morpheme doing one job, hiding inside four words the learner already uses, plus the formal 为...所 passive that written Chinese reaches for when 被 would sound like bad news.
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