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Adj + 得很 (very)
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Fresh air in the park
- After a week in a smoggy city, you walk in a mountain park.
- here这里(modifier / structural particle)的air空气fresh (experience, food etc)新鲜(degree marker)得degree / adjective linker很。 — "The air here is really fresh."
Adj + (degree marker)得degree / adjective linker很 = very, really
- Adj + (degree marker)得degree / adjective linker很 = "very, really", a little more emphatic and lively than degree / adjective linker很 + Adj.
- It ends the clause: good好(degree marker)得degree / adjective linker很, clear清楚(degree marker)得degree / adjective linker很, cheap便宜(degree marker)得degree / adjective linker很.
this这张map地图clear清楚very得很。
Complete: “This hotel is really cheap.” 这家酒店便宜____。
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Adj + 得很.
Confident comments
- his他(modifier / structural particle)的Chinese中文good好(degree marker)得degree / adjective linker很，you你need not不用anxious担心。 — "His Chinese is really good; don't worry."
- Said flatly, it can be ironic: good好(degree marker)得degree / adjective linker很，again又to arrive late迟到(completed / change)了！ — "Great, late again!"
his他的Chinese中文good好very得很。
Build: “His Chinese is really good.”
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Subject + Adj + 得很.
degree / adjective linker很 after, not before
- Do not add degree / adjective linker很 before as well: fresh (experience, food etc)新鲜(degree marker)得degree / adjective linker很, not degree / adjective linker很fresh (experience, food etc)新鲜(degree marker)得degree / adjective linker很.
- Keep (degree marker)得: good好(degree marker)得degree / adjective linker很, not good好degree / adjective linker很.
Which sentence is correct?
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空气新鲜得很 is right: a bare adjective + 得很. A second 很 is redundant, and 得 must follow the adjective.
(degree marker)得degree / adjective linker很 versus (degree marker)得desperately serious不得了 and degree / adjective linker很
- degree / adjective linker很fresh (experience, food etc)新鲜 is neutral; fresh (experience, food etc)新鲜(degree marker)得degree / adjective linker很 is more emphatic; fresh (experience, food etc)新鲜(degree marker)得desperately serious不得了 is the strongest.
- Verbs also take a (degree marker)得 complement, but (degree marker)得degree / adjective linker很 mostly follows adjectives and feeling verbs: his他likes it喜欢(degree marker)得degree / adjective linker很.
he他likes it喜欢very much得很。
得不得了 is usually stronger than 得很.
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The scale is 很 → 得很 → 得不得了.
Recap
- Adj + (degree marker)得degree / adjective linker很 = very, really (emphatic, spoken).
- Scale: degree / adjective linker很 + Adj → Adj + (degree marker)得degree / adjective linker很 → Adj + (degree marker)得desperately serious不得了.
Read the full reference: HSK 5 grammar — Adjectives.
After a week in a smoggy city, you walk in a mountain park. 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.