多 + Adjective + 啊! (how …!)
"How clever!"
- Sometimes you don't want to state a fact — you want to exclaim.
- how …! (exclaim)多 (or how (wonderful etc)多么) in front of an adjective does that: "how …!".
how …! (exclaim)多 + Adjective + (exclamation)啊!
- Pattern: Subject + how …! (exclaim)多 + Adjective + (exclamation)啊! = "how …!, so …!".
your你daughter女儿how多clever聪明啊！
- how …! (exclaim)多intelligent聪明(exclamation)啊 = "how clever!" — usually closed off with (exclamation)啊 and "!".
“How clever your daughter is!” 你女儿 ____ 聪明啊!
多 + Adjective + 啊! makes an exclamation: 多聪明啊!
Which particle usually ends this exclamation?
The exclamation is rounded off with 啊 and a “!”.
Admire or complain
on your own一个人how多nice好！
- 多好 = "how nice!" The same frame works for praise or for a sigh.
Correct or broken?
多 + Adj + 啊! is the exclamation frame — 多 does the wow, 啊 seals it.
Arrange: “How nice to be on your own!”
Subject + 多 + Adjective + 啊: 一个人 + 多 + 好 + 啊.
Don't mix it up
This exclaiming how …! (exclaim)多 needs (exclamation)啊 and a "!". The same how …! (exclaim)多 can also ask about degree: you你how …! (exclaim)多see 大夫大? = "How old are you?" — a question, not an exclamation.
你多大? is an exclamation meaning “how big you are!”.
你多大? is a question (“how old are you?”) — same 多, different job.
Recap
- how …! (exclaim)多 + Adjective + (exclamation)啊! — "how …!" (an exclamation)
- Pair it with (exclamation)啊 and "!"
- how …! (exclaim)多 also asks degree: you你how …! (exclaim)多see 大夫大? ("how old?")
Read the full reference: HSK 3 grammar — how …! (exclaim)多 + Adj..