asking questions about the attributes of a person, place, or thing
30.4奔驰很贵。
奔馳很貴。
Bēnchí hěn guì.
The Mercedes Benz is very expensive.C 1030.3 Identifying or describing a noun with a modifying phrase
Phrases that describe or ‘modify’ the noun always occur before the noun. The particle 的 de
typically occurs right after the modifier and before the noun that is being described. In the
following examples, the modifier + 的 de is emphasized.很聪明的女孩子
很聰明的女孩子
hěn cōngming de nǚháizi
a very intelligent girl很贵的车
很貴的車
hěn guì de chē
a very expensive car很有名的大学
很有名的大學
hěn yǒu míng de dàxué
a very famous university很安靜的地方
hěn ānjìng de dìfang
a very peaceful placeC9.230.4 Asking questions about the attributes of a person, place, or thing
30.4.1 asking what someone or something is like
To ask what someone or something is like, say:person/place/thing 怎么样？
怎麼樣？
zěnmeyàng?
What about this person/place/thing?
What is this person /place/thing like?那个女孩子怎么样？
那個女孩子怎麼樣？
Nàge nǚ háizi zěnmeyàng?
What about that girl? (What is that girl like?)那个大学怎么样？
那個大學怎麼樣？
Nàge dàxué zěnmeyàng?
What is that university like?