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Nǐ Xiǎng Verb Phrase 我帮你不是想让你感谢我,而是想跟你做朋友 Wǒ Bāng Bù

中文 我帮你不是想让你感谢我,而是想跟你做朋友。
Pinyin Wǒ bāng nǐ bù shì xiǎng ràng nǐ gǎnxiè wǒ, érshì xiǎng gēn nǐ zuò péngyou.
English The reason why I helped you is not to make you grateful to me, but to be friends with you.
Article Title The pattern "it's not…, it's…"
Grammar Construct Subj. + 不是 + [Verb Phrase 1] , (而)是 + [Verb Phrase 2]
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Tags: b1, grammatical_structures, sentencepatterns

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