怪不得 (no wonder)
React to a newly discovered explanation
- You notice cold weather and then learn that it rained.
- 原来下雨了，怪不得这么冷。 — The speaker treats the new information as explaining the cold.
React to a newly discovered explanation
- You notice cold weather and then learn that it rained.
- original原来to rain下雨(completed / change)了，no wonder!怪不得so much这么cold冷。 — The speaker treats the new information as explaining the cold.
You notice cold weather and then learn that it rained. What does 原来下雨了，怪不得这么冷。 communicate?
The speaker treats the new information as explaining the cold. 怪不得 and 难怪 often overlap. The expression organises a reaction rather than supplying independent evidence for the cause.
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is 怪不得 (no wonder). Locate it in the original interlinear examples below.
- Keep the words in their demonstrated positions; the pattern must fit the intended situation as well as the sentence form.
so it turns out原来rain下雨了，no wonder怪不得so这么cold冷。
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is no wonder!怪不得 (no wonder). Locate it in the original interlinear examples below.
- Keep the words in their demonstrated positions; the pattern must fit the intended situation as well as the sentence form.
so it turns out原来rain下雨了，no wonder怪不得so这么cold冷。
Using the lesson pattern in this demonstrated example: Oh, it rained — no wonder it's so cold: 原来下雨了，____ 这么冷。
Reason，怪不得 + Observation = no wonder: 怪不得这么冷.
Read examples in context
- In the opening example, 原来下雨了，怪不得这么冷。: The speaker treats the new information as explaining the cold.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
Read examples in context
- In the opening example, original原来to rain下雨(completed / change)了，no wonder!怪不得so much这么cold冷。: The speaker treats the new information as explaining the cold.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
怪不得 is the same as…
怪不得 = 难怪; both react to a newly-found reason.
Know the boundary
- 怪不得 and 难怪 often overlap.
- The expression organises a reaction rather than supplying independent evidence for the cause.
Know the boundary
- no wonder!怪不得 and (it's) no wonder (that...)难怪 often overlap.
- The expression organises a reaction rather than supplying independent evidence for the cause.
怪不得 often follows 原来.
Yes — 原来…，怪不得….
In the opening situation: The speaker treats the new information as explaining the cold.
怪不得 and 难怪 often overlap. The expression organises a reaction rather than supplying independent evidence for the cause. The speaker treats the new information as explaining the cold.
Use the distinction
- The speaker treats the new information as explaining the cold.
- 怪不得 and 难怪 often overlap. The expression organises a reaction rather than supplying independent evidence for the cause.
Read the full reference: HSK 5 grammar — Complex sentence patterns.
Use the distinction
- The speaker treats the new information as explaining the cold.
- no wonder!怪不得 and (it's) no wonder (that...)难怪 often overlap. The expression organises a reaction rather than supplying independent evidence for the cause.
Read the full reference: HSK 5 grammar — Complex sentence patterns.