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Level 1 Lesson 2.1 – My Room Is Very Small
To Describe Something In Chinese Using Adverb 很 + Adjective
In this video lesson we'll learn how to describe something in Chinese by using the structure of Adverb 很 + Adjective. And we'll also learn a very important sentence structure: Adjective as predicate in Chinese.
- To describe something in Chinese
- Adjective as predicate in Chinese
- Adverb 很 + Adjective in Chinese
- Adverb 很 + Verb in Chinese
VOCABULARY
| HSK | CHINESE |
PINYIN | P.O.S | ENGLISH | AUDIO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 房间 | fángjiān | n. | room | |
| 1 | 很 | hěn | adv. | very; a lot; quite; pretty | |
| 1 | 小 | xiǎo | adj. | small; little | |
| 2 | 好吃 | hǎochī | adj. | tasty (for food) | |
| 1 | 好喝 | hǎohē | adj. | tasty (for drinks) | |
| 1 | 高兴 | gāoxìng | adj. | happy |
GRAMMAR
Grammar 1: Adverb 很 + Adjective in Chinese · HSK 1
hěn 很 very; a lot; quite; pretty
很 is an Adverb, it suggests that the "degree" or "extent" is "very" or "a lot". It can be used to modify an Adjective.
Adverb 很 + Adjective
- hěnhǎo 很好 very good
- hěnzǎo 很早 very early
Grammar 2: To Describe Something in Chinese · HSK 1
If we want to describe something in Chinese and say "something is very...", we do not say "something 是很...", we say:
Subject + Adverb 很 + Adjective
- zhè suǒ xuéxiào hěn hǎo 这所学校很好。 This school (is) very good.
- tā de fángjiān hěn xiǎo 他的房间很小。 His room (is) very small.
Grammar 3: Adjective As Predicate in Chinese · HSK 1
We learned about Verb (Phrases) and Nouns being the Predicate in Chinese Sentence, in Chinese, an Adjective (Phrase) can also function as the Predicate of the sentence.
| SUBJECT | ADJ. PREDICATE |
| the topic | explain/discuss/describe... the topic ADJECTIVE. (PHRASE) |
| wǒde fángjiān 我的房间 my room |
hěn xiǎo 很小 very small |
| píngguǒ 苹果 apple |
hěn hǎochī 很好吃 tasty (for food) |
| chá 茶 tea |
hěn hǎohē 很好喝 tasty (for drinks) |
Grammar 4: Adverb 很 + (some) Verb in Chinese · HSK 1
The Adverb 很 can modify some(not all) verbs in Chinese as well:
- hěn xǐhuan 很喜欢 quite like
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