Cause Link
Why did it happen? What caused it?
Significato
A relation that explains the reason, cause, trigger, source, or motivating factor behind an event or state.
Come riconoscerlo
Ask what made the event happen.
Esempi
because|since|due to|therefore
because of the rain|since I was tired
We stayed home because it was raining.
Visual guide
CAUSE → EVENT/STATE rain → stayed home We stayed home because it rained. Ask: Why did it happen?
Same cause link, different grammar: EVENT because CAUSE because CAUSE, EVENT EVENT due to CAUSE CAUSE-marker → EVENT All answer: Why?
Panoramica per lingua
Nella tua lingua madre
Cause uses perché, siccome, dato che, or prepositional phrases.
Restiamo a casa perché piove.
We stay home because it is raining.
Nella tua lingua di studio
In inglese la causa si indica con connettori come because, since, as, due to, because of e altre espressioni simili.
I stayed home because it rained.
because it rained = causa
Chi studia può usare troppo because o confondere because, because of e due to.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.