Difference between revisions of "Adjective"

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Adjectives negated with 不
Adjectives can form positive-negative questions.
Adjective reduplication
- Some adjectives can be reduplicated for emphasis.
  - They are reduplicated AABB e.g. 干干净净, ABB e.g. 红通通 or BABA e.g. 雪白雪白
  - 的 must be used with reduplicated adjectives.
Can be followed by complements
Can function as predicate. 是 is not used with adjectives.
- 很 can be used with adjectives
  - 很 in neutral tone just indicates the predicate.
  - 很 in third tone adds emphasis to the adjective.
- Some adjectives are not preceded by 很, but are followed by 了: 饿, 渴, 病
Single character adjectives can modify directly, e.g. 新书. 的 can optionally be inserted to emphasise the adjective: 新的书.
A two character adjective modifying a single character noun has to have 的, e.g. 好看的画.
If the adjective and noun are both two characters, 的 is optional as with single character adjectives.
Rules for 的 for modifying nouns also apply to 地 for modifying verbs.
多 and 少 are special
- Must be combined with 很 or 不 to form attributives for nouns
- 的 is not necessary with 多 and 少.
Different ways to say:
- Bad
- Nice
- Beautiful

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 * [[Qualitative adjectives]]
-== Sources ==
+== Sources and further reading ==
 * [http://www.amazon.cn/mn/detailApp?_encoding=UTF8&tag=allset-23&linkCode=as2&asin=B001J0ADWA&camp=536&creative=3132&creativeASIN=B001J0ADWA 外国人实用汉语语法(中英文对照) (pp. 48 - 57)]4
 * [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933330899/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=1933330899 Basic Patterns of Chinese Grammar] (pp. 56 - 64)
 * [http://www.amazon.cn/mn/detailApp?_encoding=UTF8&tag=allset-23&linkCode=as2&asin=B001DUFS3A&camp=536&creative=3132&creativeASIN=B001DUFS3A 实用汉语语法] (pp. 52 - 54)
+* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0415700108?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0415700108 Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar: A Practical Guide] (pp. 56 - 68)
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 [[Category:Content words]]