多 + Adjective + 啊! (how …!) · 多 + 形容词 + 啊!
Admire a friend's skill
- A child solves a difficult puzzle quickly and you praise the achievement.
- 你女儿多聪明啊！ — 多聪明啊 expresses admiration rather than asking for a measurement.
Admire a friend's skill
- A child solves a difficult puzzle quickly and you praise the achievement.
- you你daughter女儿how …! (exclaim)多intelligent聪明(exclamation)啊！ — how …! (exclaim)多intelligent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 多 + Adjective + 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！
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is how …! (exclaim)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! · 多 + 形容词 + 啊! 构成感叹:多聪明啊!
Read examples in context
on your own一个人how多nice好！
- In the opening example, 你女儿多聪明啊！: 多聪明啊 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.
Read examples in context
on your own一个人how多nice好！
- In the opening example, you你daughter女儿how …! (exclaim)多intelligent聪明(exclamation)啊！: how …! (exclaim)多intelligent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? · 这种感叹句通常用哪个语气词收尾?
The exclamation is rounded off with 啊 and a “!”. · 感叹句用 啊 加“!”收尾。
Arrange: “How nice to be on your own!” · 把句子排好:“一个人多好啊!”
Subject + 多 + Adjective + 啊: 一个人 + 多 + 好 + 啊. · 主语 + 多 + 形容词 + 啊:一个人 + 多 + 好 + 啊。
Know the boundary
- 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.
Know the boundary
- (exclamation)啊 is common in this exclamation, not compulsory in every exclamatory use of how …! (exclaim)多.
- 多好！ is possible. Compare you你how …! (exclaim)多see 大夫大？, which genuinely asks about age.
你多大? is an exclamation meaning “how big you are!”. · 你多大? 是感叹句,意思是“你多大呀!”。
你多大? is a question (“how old are you?”) — same 多, different job. · 你多大? 是问句(“你几岁?”)—— 同一个 多,用法不同。
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
- 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.
Read the full reference: HSK 3 grammar — 多 + Adj..
Use the distinction
- how …! (exclaim)多intelligent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 …! (exclaim)多. 多好！ is possible. Compare you你how …! (exclaim)多see 大夫大？, which genuinely asks about age.
Read the full reference: HSK 3 grammar — how …! (exclaim)多 + Adj..