New Members ou mensheng Posted May 27, 2021 at 11:44 PM New Members Report Share Posted May 27, 2021 at 11:44 PM Hello! I'm very confused. If I wanted to say "the weather is beautiful today," would that be 今天天气漂亮, or 今天漂亮天气? The reason I'm confused is because the subject would be 天气, so since 漂亮 is describing the weather wouldn't it go before 天气? But since 漂亮 is an adjective it could serve as the predicate, in which case it would go after the subject, 天气. I feel like the answer is obvious but I'm still confused. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcdefg Posted May 28, 2021 at 02:54 PM Report Share Posted May 28, 2021 at 02:54 PM 17 hours ago, ou mensheng said: If I wanted to say "the weather is beautiful today," 今天的天气很漂亮 Quote The reason I'm confused is because the subject would be 天气, so since 漂亮 is describing the weather wouldn't it go before 天气? But since 漂亮 is an adjective it could serve as the predicate, in which case it would go after the subject, 天气. Don't overthink it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanJingDongLu Posted May 28, 2021 at 06:18 PM Report Share Posted May 28, 2021 at 06:18 PM 18 hours ago, ou mensheng said: 今天天气漂亮 Chinese grammar is quite simple at times, but "today weather nice" doesn't make sense in english either. As for "Today beautiful weather"... There's 2 grammar rules at play here. Possessive article, and noun + adjective. If, in English, you would say 's after a word, you need to add 的 90% of the time. "Today's weather..." --> "今天的天气 As for noun + adjective, here's the grammar wiki article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollys Posted May 31, 2021 at 01:13 AM Report Share Posted May 31, 2021 at 01:13 AM This may help, specifically pay attention to what she says at around 45 seconds: https://youtu.be/_cZfUoZcakU?t=29 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giuseppe Romanazzi Posted June 2, 2021 at 09:30 PM Report Share Posted June 2, 2021 at 09:30 PM 天气很漂亮: Adjectival Predicate Sentence. (Lesson 18) 天气: Subject. 很: In an affirmative sentence the adjectival predicate is usually preceded by 很, which is a weakened adverb here without much significance of an adverb of degree. Without 很, comparison or contrast is often implied. 漂亮: Predicate. 今天: Time word used as adverbial adjunct. (Lesson 33) 天气今天很漂亮: When used as an adverbial adjunct, time words generally come before the main element of the predicate. 今天天气很漂亮: When special emphasis is laid on the time words, they may be shifted before the subject to the beginning of the sentence. The references are to the course on wearyourchinesename.com 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adept Posted September 16, 2021 at 01:27 AM Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 at 01:27 AM 天气很漂亮 is not often used in standard Mandarin, since 漂亮 is not used to describe 天气。 you can say 天气很好 天气太棒啦 这天气绝了 今天风和日丽 今天春和景明波澜不惊上下天光一碧万顷 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomsima Posted September 16, 2021 at 11:28 AM Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 at 11:28 AM Beginner student asks how to say 'the weather is beautiful today'. MFW gets recommended to quote 岳阳楼记... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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