Adjectival sentences (很 + adjective)

Structure Subject + 很 + Adjective

In Chinese the adjective IS already the predicate: you do not need 是 ("to be"). But a "bare" adjective sounds incomplete or comparative, so it takes an adverb in front; the most neutral one is 很. That is why 我很好 just means "I’m fine" (here 很 barely means "very"). Negate with 不: 我不忙.

Examples

我wǒ很hěn好hǎo。
I’m fine.
今jīn天tiān很hěn热rè。
It’s hot today.
她tā很hěn漂piào亮liang。
She is very pretty.

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