shūjià yě xūyào chāixiè.

The bookshelf needs to be disassembled too.

Breakdown of shūjià yě xūyào chāixiè.

• 也yě: also
• 需要xūyào: to need
• 书架shūjià: bookshelf
• 拆卸chāixiè: to disassemble

Questions & Answers about shūjià yě xūyào chāixiè.

Why is 也 placed after 书架 instead of before it?

In Chinese, 也 usually comes before the verb phrase and after the topic or subject.

So in:

书架 也 需要 拆卸。

the structure is:

• 书架 = the bookshelf
• 也 = also
• 需要拆卸 = needs to be disassembled

A very literal word order is:

The bookshelf also needs disassembly.

English often puts also in different places, but in Chinese, 也 normally goes before what it is modifying in the predicate.

For example:

• 我也去。 = I’m going too.
• 他也知道。 = He also knows.
• 书架也需要拆卸。 = The bookshelf also needs to be disassembled.

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Why doesn’t the sentence use 被 if the bookshelf is being disassembled?