WC1-039

#️⃣ #1-039 – 很 (hěn = sehr / very)
➡️ Sentence type: #1 Declarative sentence / 陈述句 (chénshùjù)

🔡 Pinyin
Zhè běn shū hěn hǎo.
⬛👉 zhè (Pronoun – Demonstrative) 🟦📏 běn (Measure word – for books) 🟦🟦📖 shū (Noun – Concrete, book) 🟪💯 hěn (Adverb – Degree, “very” / neutral linker) 🟩🟩🌟 hǎo (Adjective – Quality, good)

➡️ Word notes:

• hěn (很) = degree adverb.

• In adjective predicates, 很 often works as a neutral linker (not always meaning “very”).

• Without 很, the sentence might sound contrastive.

🈷 Hanzi
这本书很好。
⬛👉 这 (Demonstrativpronomen) 🟦📏 本 (ZEW – für Bücher) 🟦🟦📖 书 (Nomen – konkret, Buch) 🟪💯 很 (Gradadverb, neutral oder “sehr”) 🟩🟩🌟 好 (Adjektiv – Eigenschaft, gut)

🅴 English
This book is very good.
⬛👉 this (Pronoun – Demonstrative) 🟦📏 (MW) (for books) 🟦🟦📖 book (Noun – Concrete) 🟪💯 very (Adverb – Degree) 🟩🟩🌟 good (Adjective – Quality)

🅳 Deutsch
Dieses Buch ist sehr gut.
⬛👉 dieses (Pronomen – Demonstrativ) 🟦📏 (ZEW) (für Bücher) 🟦🟦📖 Buch (Nomen – konkret) 🟪💯 sehr (Adverb – Grad) 🟩🟩🌟 gut (Adjektiv – Eigenschaft)

📚 Grammar (EN / DE)

• EN: 很 (hěn) before an adjective = degree adverb “very”, but often just a neutral linker between subject and adjective predicate.
  Pattern: Noun + 很 + Adjective.

• DE: 很 (hěn) vor Adjektiven = Gradadverb „sehr“, oft aber nur ein neutraler Linker, wenn ein Adjektiv als Prädikat steht.
  Satzmuster: Nomen + 很 + Adjektiv.

• Sentence type: #1 Declarative sentence.

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