Ch 11 · Lesson 2Mandarin · Chapter 11 · Lesson 2 · Grammar primer
Chule yiwai
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The short version
，。Chúle tā yǐwài, dàjiā dōu lái le.
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(chúle) X (yǐwài) does not say whether X is in or out: the second half decides. With (dōu), 'all of them', X is left out, because it was held up apart from the rest.
，。Chúle Zhōngwén yǐwài, tā hái huì shuō Yīngwén.
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With (hái), on top of that, or (yě), too, in the second half, the thing after (chúle) stays in and something else joins it. Both words go after the subject and before the verb.
，。Chú cǐ zhīwài, wǒmen hái xūyào yìxiē qián.
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(zhīwài) is the formal twin of (yǐwài). Put (cǐ), a written 'this', in the gap and you get a sentence opener that points back at what was just said. (hái) after it adds and (dōu) excludes, as usual.
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