Timeline for 很 as a filler word?
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| Apr 24, 2021 at 4:41 | vote | accept | swrutra | ||
| Apr 24, 2021 at 4:31 | comment | added | L Parker | @joehua I agree. Concision is good practice. It is for this reason that I have already rid the sentences of 是...的 prior to Bosai's comment! (So I don't understand why we are at odds here.) The only reason I kept the sentences with 是...的 after the backslash is because Zhu (1980) wrote them as so. Moreover, there are contexts where 她是漂亮的 is justifiable (emphasis, for instance). It is also important to keep in mind stylistic preference does not mean grammaticality. | |
| Apr 24, 2021 at 4:14 | comment | added | joehua | @L Parker I agree with Bosai. I never like sentences such as 她是漂亮的 or 他的身體是很棒的, etc. | |
| Apr 24, 2021 at 3:45 | comment | added | L Parker | @Bosai I followed duly examples provided in Zhu (1980), which I discovered is an authoritative source for many research on Chinese adjectives that followed Zhu. (I agree Zhu overused the emphatic 是...的, so I included the same sentence without 是...的 already. Both, however, prove his point). // The asker's knowledge of 很 meaning very is apparent; my answer therefore only serves to refute his sweeping statement that without 很 the adjectival predicate becomes ungrammatical. | |
| Apr 24, 2021 at 3:31 | comment | added | Bósài | 很 means very in many situations; but for Chinese learner in early stage, knowing 很 mean is (+ adj) and 非常 means very are enough. | |
| Apr 24, 2021 at 3:29 | comment | added | Bósài | I found that some of your examples are over using the structure of something 是 adj 的. 他的身體是很棒的。is not a native speaking format. 他的身体非常棒。can clearly express "very" | |
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| Apr 24, 2021 at 1:31 | history | answered | L Parker | CC BY-SA 4.0 |