还是 + Verb (had better) · 还是 + Verbe (il vaut mieux)
Settle on a preferred action
- After discussing options, a group decides leaving is better.
- 我们还是走吧。 — 还是 recommends leaving after weighing the options.
Settle on a preferred action
- After discussing options, a group decides leaving is better.
- we / us我们or / still还是to walk走(suggestion)吧。 — or / still还是 recommends leaving after weighing the options.
After discussing options, a group decides leaving is better. What does 我们还是走吧。 communicate?
还是 recommends leaving after weighing the options. This is the recommendation use. 还是 can also join alternatives in a question or describe something continuing.
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is 还是 + Verb (had better). Locate it in the original interlinear examples below.
- Keep the words in their demonstrated positions; the pattern must fit the intended situation as well as the sentence form.
we我们had better还是go走吧。
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is or / still还是 + Verb (had better). Locate it in the original interlinear examples below.
- Keep the words in their demonstrated positions; the pattern must fit the intended situation as well as the sentence form.
we我们had better还是go走吧。
Using the lesson pattern in this demonstrated example: We'd better get going: 我们 ____ 走吧。
还是 + Verb + 吧 = had better: 我们还是走吧. · 还是 + Verbe + 吧 = il vaut mieux : 我们还是走吧.
Read examples in context
- In the opening example, 我们还是走吧。: 还是 recommends leaving after weighing the options.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
Read examples in context
- In the opening example, we / us我们or / still还是to walk走(suggestion)吧。: or / still还是 recommends leaving after weighing the options.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
What does 还是 do here? · Que fait 还是 ici ?
Here 还是 = a soft recommendation, not the “or” of a question. · Ici 还是 = une douce recommandation, pas le « ou » d'une question.
Know the boundary
- This is the recommendation use.
- 还是 can also join alternatives in a question or describe something continuing.
Know the boundary
- This is the recommendation use.
- or / still还是 can also join alternatives in a question or describe something continuing.
This 还是 often closes the sentence with 吧. · Ce 还是 ferme souvent la phrase avec 吧.
Yes: 还是早点去吧, 我们还是走吧. · Oui : 还是早点去吧, 我们还是走吧.
In the opening situation: 还是 recommends leaving after weighing the options.
This is the recommendation use. 还是 can also join alternatives in a question or describe something continuing. 还是 recommends leaving after weighing the options.
Use the distinction
- 还是 recommends leaving after weighing the options.
- This is the recommendation use. 还是 can also join alternatives in a question or describe something continuing.
Read the full reference: HSK 4 grammar — Adverbs.
Use the distinction
- or / still还是 recommends leaving after weighing the options.
- This is the recommendation use. or / still还是 can also join alternatives in a question or describe something continuing.
Read the full reference: HSK 4 grammar — Adverbs.