Mandarin Chinese Grammar for Pimsleur Students/Conjunctions
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Conjunctions[edit]
Disjunction[edit]
还是 |
háishì |
or (only one alternative possible) |
一点钟还是两点钟 ? |
yī diăn zhōng háishì liăng diăn zhōng? |
At 1 o'clock or at 2 o'clock? |
或者 |
huòzhě |
or (both alternatives possible) |
我想买茶或者水 ◦ |
wŏ xiăng măi chá huòzhě shuĭ. |
I would like to order tea or water. |
Contrast[edit]
他是中国人可是他英文说得很好 ◦ |
tā shì Zhōnguó rén kě shì tā yīngwén shuō de hěn hăo. |
He is Chinese, but he speaks English very well. |