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这么 / 那么 + Adjective (so …)
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It really is that hot
- You step outside in July and it is much hotter than you expected.
- today今天how怎么so这么to warm up热！ — "How come it is so hot today!" so这么 points to the degree you are feeling right now.
so这么 / so那么 + Adjective
- so这么 + Adj = "so …" about something here and now; so那么 + Adj = "so …" about something over there, earlier or mentioned.
- Like degree / adjective linker很, they stand directly before the adjective: so这么expensive贵, so那么far远.
this这(measure word)件clothes衣服so这么expensive贵。
You are holding a heavy suitcase: 你的箱子怎么____重？
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The suitcase is right here, so 这么 + 重 = “so heavy”.
Near and far
- Holding the shoes: this这双鞋so这么cheap便宜！ — "These shoes are so cheap!"
- Talking about a city you visited: there那儿(modifier / structural particle)的winter冬天so那么cold冷，you你how怎么to put up with受得了？ — "The winters there are so cold; how do you stand it?"
you你home家so那么far远，every day每天how怎么come来？
A friend describes her hometown far away. Which fits best? “The mountains there are so beautiful.”
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那么 + Adj, with no extra 很; 那么 suits a distant place.
Keep one degree word
- Do not add degree / adjective linker很 as well: so这么to warm up热, not so这么degree / adjective linker很to warm up热, since so这么 already gives the degree.
- Place so这么 or so那么 before the adjective, not after it: so那么far远, not far远so那么.
这么很热 is correct because 这么 and 很 both mean “very”.
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这么 already supplies the degree, so 很 is left out: 这么热.
Also in comparisons
- so那么 often sharpens a not as没有 comparison: I我not as没有him他so那么tall高。 — "I am not as tall as him."
- so这么 can also go before a verb of degree: you你how怎么so这么to like喜欢variant of 吃吃hot (spicy)辣(modifier / structural particle)的？
I我not as没有him他so那么tall高。
Build: “I am not as tall as him.”
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A + 没有 + B + 那么 + Adj.
Recap
- so这么 / so那么 + Adjective = "so …": so这么 for here and now, so那么 for there, then or what was mentioned.
- It replaces degree / adjective linker很; it often comes with how怎么 (surprise) or not as没有 (comparison).
Read the full reference: HSK 3 grammar — so那么 / so这么 + Adj..
You step outside in July and it is much hotter than you expected. 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.