这么 / 那么 + Adjective (so …) · 这么 / 那么 + 形容词
A coat's price surprises a buyer
- You look at a coat's price and find it much higher than expected.
- 这件衣服怎么这么贵？ — The buyer reacts to the surprisingly high price.
A coat's price surprises a buyer
- You look at a coat's price and find it much higher than expected.
- 这件clothes衣服how / why怎么so much这么expensive贵？ — The buyer reacts to the surprisingly high price.
You look at a coat's price and find it much higher than expected. What does 这件衣服怎么这么贵？ communicate?
The buyer reacts to the surprisingly high price. 这么 often points to a degree currently in focus. 那么 can refer to a degree already mentioned; the distinction is not a literal distance measurement for every use.
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is 这么 / 那么 + Adjective (so …). 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how come怎么so这么cold冷？
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is so much这么 / like that那么 + Adjective (so …). 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how come怎么so这么cold冷？
Using the lesson pattern in this demonstrated example: “Why is it so cold today?” 今天怎么 ____ 冷? (near / now)
这么 means “so” for something near or happening now. · 这么 = 表示近处或当下的“这么/那么”。
Read examples in context
you你so那么clever聪明surely，一定can能guess it猜到。
- In the opening example, 这件衣服怎么这么贵？: The buyer reacts to the surprisingly high price.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
Read examples in context
you你so那么clever聪明surely，一定can能guess it猜到。
- In the opening example, 这件clothes衣服how / why怎么so much这么expensive贵？: The buyer reacts to the surprisingly high price.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
Which one points to something near / now? · 哪一个指近处/现在?
这么 = near / now; 那么 = far / already mentioned. · 这么 = 近/现在;那么 = 远/已提到。
Arrange: “You're so clever.” · 把句子排好:“你那么聪明。”
Subject + 那么 + Adjective: 你 + 那么 + 聪明. · 主语 + 那么 + 形容词:你 + 那么 + 聪明。
Know the boundary
- 这么 often points to a degree currently in focus.
- 那么 can refer to a degree already mentioned; the distinction is not a literal distance measurement for every use.
Know the boundary
- so much这么 often points to a degree currently in focus.
- like that那么 can refer to a degree already mentioned; the distinction is not a literal distance measurement for every use.
这么 / 那么 go before a noun, like 这个 / 那个. · 这么 / 那么 放在名词前,像 这个 / 那个。
这么 / 那么 go before an adjective (这么冷). 这个 / 那个 go before a noun. · 这么 / 那么 放在形容词前(这么冷)。这个 / 那个 才放在名词前。
那么 always means that the described object is physically far away.
这么 often points to a degree currently in focus. 那么 can refer to a degree already mentioned; the distinction is not a literal distance measurement for every use. The buyer reacts to the surprisingly high price.
Use the distinction
- The buyer reacts to the surprisingly high price.
- 这么 often points to a degree currently in focus. 那么 can refer to a degree already mentioned; the distinction is not a literal distance measurement for every use.
Read the full reference: HSK 3 grammar — 那么 / 这么 + Adj..
Use the distinction
- The buyer reacts to the surprisingly high price.
- so much这么 often points to a degree currently in focus. like that那么 can refer to a degree already mentioned; the distinction is not a literal distance measurement for every use.
Read the full reference: HSK 3 grammar — like that那么 / so much这么 + Adj..