Intermediate Grammar Clinic HSK 3-4 Obligatoire 10 mots

Cause and Condition Connectors

Link reasons, results, conditions, and contrasts without muddying the logic.

Objectif

Learners can choose 因为/所以, 如果/就, and 虽然/但是 by relationship.

Make three new sentences with this module’s grammar pattern and support words.

grammar clinic pattern practice support vocabulary

因为生病，所以他没来。

Yīnwèi shēngbìng, suǒyǐ tā méi lái.

Because he was sick, he did not come.

如果有空，就来帮忙。

Rúguǒ yǒu kòng, jiù lái bāngmáng.

If you are free, come help.

Build clear cause-and-effect sentences for explanations and excuses.

没有因为，重点会不清楚。

Without 因为, the focus would be unclear.

Pick the grammar piece that controls the sentence role.

他生病了，所以没来上课。

He was sick, so he did not come to class.

所以 introduces the result.

如果你有空，就来我家。

If you are free, come to my home.

如果 introduces the condition.

他一听音乐就高兴。

As soon as he hears music, he gets happy.

就 marks the immediate result.

因为

yīn wèi

Regarde bien. Continue quand tu penses t’en souvenir.

Sens

because owing to

Mot	Pinyin	Sens	Niveau	Dictionnaire
因为	yīn wèi	because	HSK 2.0 2 HSK 3.0 2	Dictionnaire
所以	suǒ yǐ	therefore	HSK 2.0 2 HSK 3.0 2	Dictionnaire
如果	rú guǒ	if	HSK 2.0 3 HSK 3.0 3	Dictionnaire
就	jiù	(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then	HSK 2.0 2 HSK 3.0 2	Dictionnaire
虽然	suī rán	although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[kě shì] or 但是[dàn shì] etc)	HSK 2.0 3 HSK 3.0 2	Dictionnaire
但是	dàn shì	but; however	HSK 2.0 2 HSK 3.0 2	Dictionnaire
迟到	chí dào	to arrive late	HSK 2.0 3 HSK 3.0 3	Dictionnaire
生病	shēng bìng	to fall ill	HSK 2.0 2 HSK 3.0 1	Dictionnaire
有空	yǒu kòng	to have time (to do sth)	HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 1	Dictionnaire
帮忙	bāng máng	to help	HSK 2.0 3 HSK 3.0 2	Dictionnaire