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How does someone use cause-and-effect conjunctives in Chinese?

Aug. 21, 2013

Fill in the following blanks with the proper Chinese conjunctives.

Lǐ Míng: Zhāng Lì, nǐ zuìjìn jiàn Hán Méi méiyǒu?
李  明 :张    丽,你 最近 见  韩  梅   没有?

Li Ming: Zhang Li, have you seen Han Mei recently?

Zhāng Lì: Méiyǒuā, tā qǐngjià le, hǎojǐtiān méi lái xuéxiào le.
张     丽:没有啊,她 请假 了,好几天 没 来  学校 了。

Zhang Li: No, she asked for a leave and hasn’t come to school for several days.

Lǐ Míng: Wèishénme ā?
李   明: 为什么    啊?

Li Ming: Do you know why?

Zhāng Lì: __ tā shēngbìng le, __ méiyǒu lái.
张     丽:__ 她  生病     了,__  没有  来。

Zhang Li: She is sick and unable to attend classes.

Lǐ Míng: A, wǒmen yīnggāi qù kànkan tā.
李  明 :啊,我们   应该  去  看看  她。

Li Ming: Ah, we should visit her.

Zhāng Lì: Hǎode, wǒmen fàngxué qù kàn tā ba.
张     丽:好的,我们     放学    去 看  她 吧。

Zhang Li: Ok, let’s go together after school.

Suīrán…dànshì…
A. 虽然……但是……

Búdàn…érqiě…
B. 不但……而且……

Yīnwèi… suóyǐ…
C. 因为……所以……

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