HSK 1
关联副词：还、也
guān lián fù cí ： hái 、 yě
Linking adverbs: 还, 也
Explanation
Linking adverbs (关联副词 guānlián fùcí) are adverbs used to connect and add information between clauses. Here they are 还 (hái) and 也 (yě).
Subject (the doer, at the start of the sentence) + 还/也 + verb/adjective. 还 indicates addition ("also... as well"): 还要去北京 (also wants to go to Beijing); 也 indicates sameness ("also/too"): 我也是学生 (I am a student too).
use 还 when listing an additional action/event by the same subject; use 也 when two different subjects share the same characteristic.
也 emphasizes "similarity" (as A is, so is B), whereas 还 emphasizes "addition" (doing this and then also doing that).
placing 也/还 in the wrong position — they always come BEFORE the verb and AFTER the subject, never at the end of the sentence. Note that when 还 is read as huán it means "to return" (还书 huán shū - to return a book).
Examples
He wants to go to Shanghai, and he also wants to go to Beijing.
He is a student, and I am a student too.
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The grammar point “关联副词：还、也” (Linking adverbs: 还, 也) is one of the key structures at HSK 1. To use it fluently, you need to understand the contexts where it's used and practice regularly.
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