Breakdown of bùguǎn zài xuéxiào háishi zài gōngsī, tā shuōhuà dōu hěn yǒulǐmào.
很hěn
very
都dōu
all
她tā
she
学校xuéxiào
school
Questions & Answers about bùguǎn zài xuéxiào háishi zài gōngsī, tā shuōhuà dōu hěn yǒulǐmào.
What does 不管……还是…… mean in this sentence?
It means no matter whether ... or ... / regardless of whether ... or ....
So 不管在学校还是在公司 sets up two possible situations:
- at school
- at the company / at work
The idea is: in either case, the result is the same.
A very literal way to feel it is:
- 不管 = no matter
- 还是 = or / whether ... or ...
So the whole pattern is:
不管 A 还是 B，……都…… = No matter whether A or B, ... both/in either case ...
Why is 都 used here?
In this pattern, 都 is very common and often expected.
In many beginner sentences, 都 means all, but here it is doing something slightly different: it marks that the statement applies in every case mentioned before.
So:
- 不管在学校还是在公司，她说话都很有礼貌。
means that in both situations, she speaks politely.
If you remove 都, the sentence becomes less natural. The pair 不管……还是…… and 都…… often work together.
You can think of it like this:
- 前半句: no matter which case
- 都: the same result applies in every case
Why is 在 repeated before both 学校 and 公司?