Feature 5: Multiple Clauses

Feature 5. If a sentence has multiple clauses with the same Subject, the Subject in the ensuing clauses is omitted. If two sentences have the same Subject, the Subject of the 2nd sentence is represented by a pronoun.

 李友  在商店买衣服。她  买了一件衬衫，还买了一条裤子，花了六十块钱。

[李友  在商店買衣服。她  買了一件襯衫，還買了一條褲子，花了六十塊錢。]

Lǐ Yǒu zài shāngdiàn mǎi yīfú, tā mǎi le yí jiàn chènshān, hái mǎi le yì tiáo kùzi, huā le liùshí kuài qián.

Li You went shopping of clothes. She bought a shirt. (She bought) a pair of pants as well. She spent sixty dollars.

More practice:

1. Mary 是我的朋友 ，她 有一个哥哥，一个妹妹，还有一个弟弟。

       [Mary 是我的朋友 ，她 有一個哥哥，一個妹妹，還有一個弟弟。]

        Mary shì wǒ de péngyǒu, tā yǒu yí ge gēge, yí ge mèimei, hái yǒu yí ge dìdi.

        Mary is my friend. She has an older brother. (She has) an younger sister. She has an older brother as well.   

2. Tom 是我的老师，他 会说中文，英文， 法文和西班牙文。

       [Tom 是我的老師，他 會説中文，英文， 法文和西班牙文。]

         Tom shì wǒ de lǎoshī, tā huì shuō Zhōngwén, Yīngwén, Fǎwén/Fàwén hé Xībānyá wén.

         Tom is my teacher. He speaks Chinese, English, French and Spanish.