連...都/也 means "even" and emphasizes an extreme or unexpected case to make a point about the whole.
Structure: 連 + Extreme example + 都/也 + Verb
Cannot even answer such a simple question.
The logic: If even the extreme case is true, then surely all lesser cases must be true too.
Common patterns:
• 連...都不... - Does not even...
• 連...也沒... - Did not even...
• 連...都會... - Even... can...
都 and 也 are interchangeable here, though 都 is slightly more emphatic.
連...都/也 = even (emphatic)
- 連他都知道 (even he knows)
都 or 也 required in result
- 連一塊錢都沒有 (don't even have one yuan)
Emphasizes extreme case
Even children know.
He did not even eat.
I do not have even one dollar.
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