Very common mistake many foreign learners make. When they see the words “am, is, are\u201d , the translations come out as \u6211\u662f\u7d2f\uff0c or \u5979\u662f\u5fd9etc.<\/p>\n
Though, in the English sentence such as \u201c I am tired\u201d, \u201cam\u201d does not contribute real meanings to its sentence, instead, together with \u201ctired\u201d to function\u00a0as predicate. Since \u201cam\u201d has no affirmative meaning, one should not force to give its meanings when think of the sentence in\u00a0Mandarin Chinese.<\/p>\n
Instead being\u00a0far-fetched to put\u00a0\u201c\u662f\u201d in the sentence, we should say \u00a0\u201c\u6211(\u5f88)\u7d2f\u201d. \u201c\u7d2f\u201d is an adjective; \u00a0unlike English it\u00a0can work as the predicate to have the same function of verbs.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u5f88\u201d is an adverbial Which originally means \u201cvery\u201d and usually modifies adjectives. Though in mandarin, when there\u2019s the time the predicate is formed by an\u00a0adjective instead of verb we usually will add the adverbial \u201c\u5f88\u201d to make the sentence sound complete, in this case \u201c\u5f88\u201d nearly\u00a0lost its original meaning of \u201cvery\u201d or its original meaning became very weak, only to be there as part of a finished sentence.<\/p>\n
So instead of saying \u201c\u6211\u7d2f\u201d which grammar\u00a0wise\u00a0is not wrong, \u00a0\u201c\u6211\u5f88\u7d2f\u201d is more of a correct way of saying it.<\/p>\n
Apply the same rule to the situations whereas the predicate is an adjective instead of verb.<\/p>\n
Look\u00a0at the sentences below, and\u00a0say them in Mandarin:<\/p>\n
He is tall.<\/strong><\/p>\n She is pretty.<\/strong><\/p>\n I am disappointed.<\/strong><\/p>\n The little boy is happy.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Very common mistake many foreign learners make. When they see the words “am, is, are\u201d , the translations come out as \u6211\u662f\u7d2f\uff0c or \u5979\u662f\u5fd9etc. Though, in the English sentence such as \u201c I am tired\u201d, \u201cam\u201d does not contribute real meanings to its sentence, instead, together with \u201ctired\u201d to function\u00a0as predicate. Since \u201cam\u201d has no … Continue reading