多 + Adjective + 啊! (how …!)
IntroducedAdmire a friend's skill
- A child solves a difficult puzzle quickly and you praise the achievement.
- your你daughter女儿how多clever聪明(exclamation)啊！ — how多clever聪明(exclamation)啊 expresses admiration rather than asking for a measurement.
A child solves a difficult puzzle quickly and you praise the achievement. What does 你女儿多聪明啊！ communicate?
多聪明啊 expresses admiration rather than asking for a measurement. 啊 is common in this exclamation, not compulsory in every exclamatory use of 多. 多好！ is possible. Compare 你多大？, which genuinely asks about age.
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is how多 + Adjective + (exclamation)啊! (how …!). Locate it in the original interlinear examples below.
- Keep the words in their demonstrated positions; the pattern must fit the intended situation as well as the sentence form.
your你daughter女儿how多clever聪明啊！
Using the lesson pattern in this demonstrated example: “How clever your daughter is!” 你女儿 ____ 聪明啊!
多 + Adjective + 啊! makes an exclamation: 多聪明啊!
Read examples in context
on your own一个人how多nice好！
- In the opening example, your你daughter女儿how多clever聪明(exclamation)啊！: how多clever聪明(exclamation)啊 expresses admiration rather than asking for a measurement.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
Which particle usually ends this exclamation?
The exclamation is rounded off with 啊 and a “!”.
Arrange: “How nice to be on your own!”
Subject + 多 + Adjective + 啊: 一个人 + 多 + 好 + 啊.
Know the boundary
- (exclamation)啊 is common in this exclamation, not compulsory in every exclamatory use of how多.
- how多nice好！ is possible. Compare your你how多see 大夫大？, which genuinely asks about age.
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.
An exclamation with 多 is always ungrammatical without 啊.
啊 is common in this exclamation, not compulsory in every exclamatory use of 多. 多好！ is possible. Compare 你多大？, which genuinely asks about age. 多聪明啊 expresses admiration rather than asking for a measurement.
Use the distinction
- how多clever聪明(exclamation)啊 expresses admiration rather than asking for a measurement.
- (exclamation)啊 is common in this exclamation, not compulsory in every exclamatory use of how多. how多nice好！ is possible. Compare your你how多see 大夫大？, which genuinely asks about age.
Read the full reference: HSK 3 grammar — how多 + Adj..
A child solves a difficult puzzle quickly and you praise the achievement. Close the examples. Say a Mandarin response, then write it in Chinese. Explain briefly in English what the lesson’s pattern adds. Compare with the model, then change one detail and try again.
This is supported productive practice. Compare meaning and structure; your answer need not copy the model. A partner or teacher must hear the spoken response to comment on pronunciation.