Cause Link
Why did it happen? What caused it?
含义
A relation that explains the reason, cause, trigger, source, or motivating factor behind an event or state.
如何识别
Ask what made the event happen.
示例
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?
语言视角
在母语中
Cause is commonly expressed with 因为 and often paired with 所以, though context can also carry the relation.
因为下雨，所以我没去。
yīnwèi xiàyǔ, suǒyǐ wǒ méi qù = because rain, so I not go
在目标语言中
Cause is expressed with لأن, بسبب, إذ, or other formal causal connectors.
بقيتُ في البيت لأنني مريض.
I stayed home because I am sick.
Learners may mix colloquial connectors with MSA or choose an unnatural causal phrase.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.