Expressing "if it were not for" with "yaobushi"

Nível: HSK 5 | Categoria: Gramática

Explicação da Regra:

要不是 (yàobushì) is almost the same as "如果不是⋯⋯ "， and it may followed by "的话," meaning "if it were not for..." or "without...." 要不是 ⋯⋯（的话），⋯⋯ The second part of the sentence tells what would have happened otherwise.

Exemplos com Falantes Nativos:

• 要不是她帮忙，我们不可能这么快找到这个地方。 (yàobùshì tā bāngmáng，wǒmen bùkěnéng zhèyāo kuài zhǎodào zhè gè dìfāng 。): "Without her help, we could not find this place so quickly."
• 要不是你说你想吃，我不会做这个菜的。 (yàobùshì nǐ shuō nǐ xiǎng chī，wǒ bù hùi zuò zhè gè cài de 。): "If you said you wanted to eat, I wouldn't make this dish."
• 要不是因为他是你朋友，我是不会帮他的。 (yàobùshì yīnwèi tā shì nǐ péngyǒu，wǒ shì bù hùi bāng tā de 。): "If it were not for his friend, I would not help him."
• 要不是你们迟到的话，我们早就到了。 (yàobùshì nǐmen chídào dehuà，wǒmen zǎo jìu dào le 。): "If it were not for you to be late, we would have arrived long ago."
• 要不是你刚才说错话，他是不会生气的。 (yàobùshì nǐ gāngcái shuō cuò huà，tā shì bù hùi shēngqì de 。): "He would not be angry unless you said the wrong thing just now."

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