Difference between revisions of "Adjectives with "name" and "zheme""
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| − | * 这 种 啤酒 <em>这么</em> 好喝！<span class="trans">This kind of beer is | + | * 这 种 啤酒 <em>这么</em> 好喝！<span class="trans">This kind of beer is ''so'' good!</span> |
| − | * 你 怎么 <em>这么</em> 漂亮！<span class="trans"> | + | * 你 怎么 <em>这么</em> 漂亮！<span class="trans">How can you be so beautiful!</span> |
| − | * 他 <em>那么</em> 高！<span class="trans">He's so tall!</span> | + | * 他 <em>那么</em> 高！<span class="trans">He's ''so'' tall!</span> |
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In English, the words "that" and "so" are often used to increase the extent of an adjective (ex. "he is so tall" or "this food is so good"). In Chinese, 那么 (nàme) and 这么 (zhème) serve the same function.
Structure
All you have to do to use this grammar structure is put the 那么 or 这么 in front of the adjective.
Subject + 那么 / 这么 + Adjective
Examples
- 这 种 啤酒 这么 好喝！This kind of beer is so good!
- 你 怎么 这么 漂亮！How can you be so beautiful!
- 他 那么 高！He's so tall!
See also
Sources and further reading
Books
- Short-term Spoken Chinese: Elementary (汉语口语速成基础篇) (pp. 15) →buy
- Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 2 (3rd ed) (pp. 71 - 2) →buy
- New Practical Chinese Reader 4 (新实用汉语课本4) (pp. 103) →buy
