也

yě

adverb HSK 1 #37

Meanings

1 also
2 too
3 as well

Characters

also; too; as well

Examples

我也是学生。

Wǒ yě shì xuéshēng.

I'm also a student.

他也会说中文。

Tā yě huì shuō Zhōngwén.

He can also speak Chinese.

我也想去。

Wǒ yě xiǎng qù.

I also want to go.

Tips

grammar

也 always goes BEFORE the verb, never at the end of the sentence. 我也去 is correct; 我去也 is wrong.

grammar

也 can combine with 不/没 for 'not...either': 我也不知道 'I don't know either.'

Stroke Order

也 yě