HSK 1Adverbs

Adverbs 也 and 都

也 (also) and 都 (all) go before the verb, never after.

Pattern

Subject + 也/都 + Verb

Explanation

也 (yě, also) and 都 (dōu, all/both) are adverbs that MUST go before the verb.

When used together, the order is 也都: '我们也都去' (We are all also going).

Examples

我也喜欢。

Wǒ yě xǐhuan.

I also like it.

他们都是学生。

Tāmen dōu shì xuéshēng.

They are all students.

我们也都去。

Wǒmen yě dōu qù.

We are all going too.

Common Mistakes

Wrong

我喜欢也。

Correct

我也喜欢。

也/都 must go BEFORE the verb, not after.

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