Joining nouns with 和 (and)

Structure Noun + 和 + Noun

和 (hé) means "and", but it ONLY joins nouns (or pronouns): 我和你 ("you and I"), 茶和咖啡 ("tea and coffee"). It does not join verbs or whole clauses like English "and": to link actions you don’t use 和 (you don’t say 我吃饭和看电视). For that, Chinese simply places one action after another.

Examples

我wǒ喜xǐ欢huan茶chá和hé咖kā啡fēi。
I like tea and coffee.
他tā和hé我wǒ是shì朋péng友you。
He and I are friends.
爸bà爸ba和hé妈mā妈ma都dōu在zài家jiā。
Mom and Dad are both home.

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