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Saying “For Someone” with 对……来说

Use 对……来说 to say what something is like for a particular person: easy, hard, new or important for them.

Pattern

对 + person / group + 来说，how something is for them

对……来说 tells whose situation you are talking about: 对我来说 = “for me”.

对我来说，汉字最难。

When to use Saying “For Someone” with 对……来说

对……来说 means “for someone” or “as far as someone is concerned”. Put a person or group between 对 and 来说 and put the phrase at the start of the sentence, followed by a comma: 对我来说，汉字最难。 It tells the listener whose situation the rest of the sentence describes, usually what is easy, hard, important or new for that person.

对学生来说，考试前的那个星期最忙。

For students, the week before exams is the busiest.

对很多老人来说，用手机买东西不太容易。

For many older people, shopping on a phone isn’t very easy.

这个问题对他来说太简单了。

This question is too easy for him.

对我们来说，这是一个很好的机会。

For us, this is a great opportunity.

Common traps

  • Don’t drop 来说: say 对我来说，汉语很有意思, not 对我，汉语很有意思.
  • Don’t cross the frames: say 对我来说 or 在我看来, not 对我看来.
  • The formal version starts with 对于, not 关于: say 对于我来说, not 关于我来说.

Targeted drill

Practice this exact pattern before moving on.

对我 ，中文很有意思

For me, Chinese is interesting
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