也 yě — also, too

Meanings

1. 1

   also, too

   Says that the same thing holds for this subject as well. It is an adverb, so it sits after the subject and before the verb: 我也是学生.

   adverb
2. 2

   either (in a negative sentence)

   adverb

Example sentences

• 我也是学生。/我也是學生。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) yě (third tone, dipping) shì (fourth tone, falling) xuésheng. (second tone, rising)···

  I’m a student too.

• 他不去，我也不去。Tā (first tone, high and level) bú (second tone, rising) qù, (fourth tone, falling) wǒ (third tone, dipping) yě (third tone, dipping) bú (second tone, rising) qù. (fourth tone, falling)···

  He isn’t going, and neither am I.

Common mistakes

• Not quite我是学生也。

  Correct我也是学生。

  也 is an adverb, not a tag word. It cannot trail at the end the way English "too" does; it belongs between the subject and the verb.

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