却 + Predicate (however / yet)
IntroducedA predicate can be an adjective
- Someone is tired but happy.
- he他very很tired累，yet却very很happy开心。 — yet却 marks the contrast before the adjective predicate very很happy开心.
Someone is tired but happy. What does 他很累，却很开心。 communicate?
却 marks the contrast before the adjective predicate 很开心. When a subject is expressed in the second clause, 却 normally follows it. An omitted repeated subject allows 却 at the start of that clause, as in this example.
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is yet却 + Predicate (however / yet). 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.
he他very很tired累，yet却very很happy开心。
Using the lesson pattern in this demonstrated example: He's tired, yet very happy: 他很累，____ 很开心。
Subj + 却 + Predicate = yet / however: 他很累,却很开心.
Read examples in context
- In the opening example, he他very很tired累，yet却very很happy开心。: yet却 marks the contrast before the adjective predicate very很happy开心.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
Where does 却 go when the second clause contains an explicit subject, as in 我____很开心?
The normal order is 我却很开心. With the repeated subject omitted, a clause can start 却很开心, as in the lesson.
Know the boundary
- When a subject is expressed in the second clause, yet却 normally follows it.
- An omitted repeated subject allows yet却 at the start of that clause, as in this example.
却，我很开心 is the ordinary order with an explicit subject.
Say 我却很开心. With the subject omitted, 却很开心 can begin the second clause; the predicate need not be an action verb.
In the opening situation: 却 marks the contrast before the adjective predicate 很开心.
When a subject is expressed in the second clause, 却 normally follows it. An omitted repeated subject allows 却 at the start of that clause, as in this example. 却 marks the contrast before the adjective predicate 很开心.
Use the distinction
- yet却 marks the contrast before the adjective predicate very很happy开心.
- When a subject is expressed in the second clause, yet却 normally follows it. An omitted repeated subject allows yet却 at the start of that clause, as in this example.
Read the full reference: HSK 4 grammar — "But" statements.
Someone is tired but happy. Close the examples. Say a Mandarin response, then write it in Chinese. Explain briefly in English what the lesson’s pattern adds. Compare with the model, then change one detail and try again.
This is supported productive practice. Compare meaning and structure; your answer need not copy the model. A partner or teacher must hear the spoken response to comment on pronunciation.