{"id":3238,"date":"2019-11-07T22:18:29","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T22:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-grammar\/chinese-grammar-simple-quot-noun-adjective-quot-sentences\/"},"modified":"2019-11-07T22:18:29","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T22:18:29","slug":"chinese-grammar-simple-quot-noun-adjective-quot-sentences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/chinese-grammar-simple-quot-noun-adjective-quot-sentences\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese grammar: Simple "noun + adjective" sentences"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In English, nouns can be l<\/em>inked to adjectives and other nouns with the verb to be. In Chinese, nouns are l<\/em>inked in different ways to adjectives and other nouns. Nouns are l<\/em>inked to nouns with \u662f. Nouns are l<\/em>inked to adjectives with \u5f88(h\u011bn).<\/p>\n

Structure<\/strong>
Noun+\u5f88+Adjective<\/p>\n

The noun in this structure is the subject of the sentence. Sometimes the \u5f88 in this structure is translated as "very", but often it is just a way to l<\/em>ink a noun to an adjective.<\/p>\n

Examples<\/strong>
In the following examples, \u5f88 is just a l<\/em>ink, and the sentences could be translated as "(Noun) is (adjective)".
Simple \u5f88 sentences<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Subject<\/th>\n\u5f88<\/em><\/th>\nAdjective<\/th>\n <\/th>\nTranslation<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\u6211<\/td>\n\u5f88<\/em><\/td>\n\u597d<\/td>\n\u3002<\/td>\nI’m good.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u5979<\/td>\n\u5f88<\/em><\/td>\n\u9ad8<\/td>\n\u3002<\/td>\nShe’s tall.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u4ed6<\/td>\n\u5f88<\/em><\/td>\n\u9ad8\u5174<\/td>\n\u3002<\/td>\nHe is happy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u4f60<\/td>\n\u5f88<\/em><\/td>\n\u597d\u770b<\/td>\n\u3002<\/td>\nYou are good-looking.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u5927\u8c61<\/td>\n\u5f88<\/em><\/td>\n\u5927<\/td>\n\u3002<\/td>\nThe elephant is big.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u8001\u9f20<\/td>\n\u5f88<\/em><\/td>\n\u5c0f<\/td>\n\u3002<\/td>\nThe mouse is small.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Remember that \u662f is not used to l<\/em>ink adjectives to nouns. This is a classic mistake that almost everyone makes when learning Chinese. Make sure you use \u5f88 and not \u662f to l<\/em>ink adjectives to nouns, as shown below:<\/p>\n

X \u4ed6\u662f\u9ad8\u3002
√ \u4ed6\u5f88\u9ad8\u3002<\/p>\n<\/div>\n