Adj + 得很 (very)
"Very …" — the casual booster
- Adj + (degree marker)得very很 = "very / really …" — a relaxed intensifier after the adjective.
- good好(degree marker)得very很 = "really good"; 累得very很 = "really tired".
- It sits after the adjective (unlike very很, which goes before).
Adj + (degree marker)得very很
- (degree marker)得very很 intensifies from behind the adjective.
here这儿quiet安静very得很。
- here这儿quiet安静(degree marker)得very很 = "it's very quiet here."
Practice
It's very quiet here: 这儿安静 ____。
Adj + 得很 = very: 安静得很.
Practice
Adj + 得很 is a more emphatic “very”.
Yes — 好得很 is stronger / more spoken than 很好.
very很 + Adj vs Adj + (degree marker)得very很
- very很quiet安静 (before) and quiet安静(degree marker)得very很 (after) both = "very quiet"; (degree marker)得very很 is more emphatic.
Explore
Correct or broken?
Adj + 得很 turns the volume up from BEHIND the adjective.
Practice
Where does 得很 go relative to 很 + Adj?
很安静 (before) vs 安静得很 (after); both “very quiet”.
Recap
Key idea
- Adj + (degree marker)得very很 — "very / really …" (after the adjective)
- good好(degree marker)得very很 · 累得very很 · quiet安静(degree marker)得very很
- Compare very很 + Adj (before); (degree marker)得very很 is more emphatic
Read the full reference: HSK 5 grammar — Adjectives.