Chinese adverbs

[trevelyan]

A lazy grammar question, but I've checked a few dictionaries to no avail. So....

Is there an accepted grammatical distinction between words like 很, 太, 够 and other adverbs (ie, words that end with 地). My textbooks classify them identically, but there is a clear difference in usage.

Is there any special way to refer to these words other than as - simply - adverbs?

[Dav-X]

I often see them as 很 (very), 太(too), 夠(good enough).

The room is very big 房間很大 ----- you may be surprised and satisfied with it.

The room is too big 房間太大 ---- you want a smaller one; you may just show you're overly satisified.

The room is big enough 房間剛好夠大 --- it just makes.

But..chinese may use these adverbs in different context which can be as confusing as 'yes' or "no" in chinese.

[trevelyan]

Thank you Dav-X.

I found the following site while surfing around which seems to answer the question fairly well. If anyone else gets confused it may be worth looking at:

http://www.fi.muni.cz/usr/wong/teaching/chinese/notes/node25.html

[ever00t]

Yes,they are different,but just a bit,and well,they make different expressions though,for example:

很 can be understood as "very'

太 very much

够 very,but its not being used very often,basically its considered the dialect in some areas in China.