格外 (especially / exceptionally) · 格外 + 形容词 / 动词
Compare with the usual experience
- Today feels colder than the usual weather.
- 今天格外冷。 — 格外 presents the cold as exceptional relative to a reference expectation.
Compare with the usual experience
- Today feels colder than the usual weather.
- today今天especially格外cold冷。 — especially格外 presents the cold as exceptional relative to a reference expectation.
Today feels colder than the usual weather. What does 今天格外冷。 communicate?
格外 presents the cold as exceptional relative to a reference expectation. The reference may be usual conditions or the surrounding situation. There is no fixed temperature difference associated with 格外.
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is 格外 (especially / exceptionally). 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.
today今天especially格外cold冷。
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is especially格外 (especially / exceptionally). 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.
today今天especially格外cold冷。
Using the lesson pattern in this demonstrated example: It's exceptionally cold today: 今天 ____ 冷。
格外 + Adj = especially: 今天格外冷. · 格外 + 形容词 = 格外:今天格外冷。
Read examples in context
- In the opening example, 今天格外冷。: 格外 presents the cold as exceptional relative to a reference expectation.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
Read examples in context
- In the opening example, today今天especially格外cold冷。: especially格外 presents the cold as exceptional relative to a reference expectation.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
格外 means the quality is… · 格外 表示性质……
格外 presents a property as exceptional relative to the situation or expectation. It is not a fixed degree on a scale above 很.
Know the boundary
- The reference may be usual conditions or the surrounding situation.
- There is no fixed temperature difference associated with 格外.
Know the boundary
- The reference may be usual conditions or the surrounding situation.
- There is no fixed temperature difference associated with especially格外.
格外 goes before the adjective / feeling-verb. · 格外 放在形容词 / 感受动词之前。
Yes — 格外冷, 格外高兴. · 对 —— 格外冷、格外高兴。
In the opening situation: 格外 presents the cold as exceptional relative to a reference expectation.
The reference may be usual conditions or the surrounding situation. There is no fixed temperature difference associated with 格外. 格外 presents the cold as exceptional relative to a reference expectation.
Use the distinction
- 格外 presents the cold as exceptional relative to a reference expectation.
- The reference may be usual conditions or the surrounding situation. There is no fixed temperature difference associated with 格外.
Read the full reference: HSK 5 grammar — Adverbs with adjectives.
Use the distinction
- especially格外 presents the cold as exceptional relative to a reference expectation.
- The reference may be usual conditions or the surrounding situation. There is no fixed temperature difference associated with especially格外.
Read the full reference: HSK 5 grammar — Adverbs with adjectives.