Yīnwèi xuéfèi hěn guì, tā juéde jiāli de jīngjì gèng jǐnzhāng.

Because tuition is very expensive, he feels his family’s finances are even tighter.

Breakdown of Yīnwèi xuéfèi hěn guì, tā juéde jiāli de jīngjì gèng jǐnzhāng.

• 很hěn: very
• 的de: possessive particle
• 他tā: he
• 因为yīnwèi: because

Questions & Answers about Yīnwèi xuéfèi hěn guì, tā juéde jiāli de jīngjì gèng jǐnzhāng.

Why does the sentence use 因为 without 所以? I thought it was always 因为…所以….

In real-life Chinese, you do not have to use 所以 every time you use 因为.

There are two common patterns:

1. 因为…，所以…

   • 因为学费很贵，所以他觉得家里的经济更紧张。
   • Because the tuition is expensive, so he feels the family’s finances are even tighter.

2. 因为…，(所以)… — 所以 is omitted but understood

   • 因为学费很贵，他觉得家里的经济更紧张。
   • Same meaning; this is the sentence you have.

Omitting 所以 is very natural, especially in spoken Chinese and in writing when the logical link is obvious.

What you cannot do is use 所以 alone without a 因为-clause before it (unless it refers back to something earlier in the conversation).

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What exactly is the role of 很 here? Can’t we just say 学费贵?