Emphasizing the doer of an action with "you"

Nível: HSK 4 | Categoria: Gramática

Explicação da Regra:

由 (yóu) is used to emphasize who is the doer or initiator of an action, a bit like in English where we might say: "Andy is the one who...." Topic + 由 + Person + Verb This use of 由 is common in formal contexts such as business communications. It may seem like it due to the way most of these sentences are translated into English, but please note that 由 not a passive marker. Stick to 被 for that.

Exemplos com Falantes Nativos:

• 这件事由我负责。 (zhè jiàn shì yóu wǒ fùzé 。): "I am responsible for this matter."
• 这是由他决定的，你就别干涉了。 (zhè shì yóu tā juédìng de，nǐ jìubié gānshè le 。): "This is up to him, so do n’t interfere."
• 太悲剧了，会议由王总主持，肯定会很无聊！ (tài bēijù le，hùiyì yóu wángzǒng zhǔchí，kěndìng hùi hěn wúliáo！): "It's too tragic, the meeting was chaired by President Wang, and it will definitely be boring!"

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