一样 how's that?

paulinurus

March 26, 2010, 11:32 AM posted in General Discussion

I wrote this Chinese sentence using West Brain:

"一样牛奶，豆浆有很多蛋白质，但是豆浆没有胆固醇。Just like cow's milk, soymilk has a lot of protein, but it has no cholesterol"

East Brain from China responded.."no, no, we don't use 一样 this way. You should write it like this: 和牛奶一样，豆浆有很多蛋白质...and cow's milk just like, soymilk has a lot of protein"

Here are some other examples of Nciku sentences containing 一样

这位老人的头发像雪一样白。

他俩爱好一样。

今天的活儿跟往常一样。

I still don't quite get it but it seems to me that一样 has to follow noun(s) in Chinese sentences. In English sentences 一样 would precede noun(s).