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31.1他说中国话说得快。
他說中國話說得快。
Tā shuō Zhōngguó huà shuō de kuài.
He speaks Chinese fast.她开车开得慢。
她開車開得慢。
Tā kāi chē kāi de màn.
She drives a car slowly.你们考试都考得好。
你們考試都考得好。
Nǐmen kǎo shì dōu kǎo de hǎo.
You all did well on the exam.31.1.2 modifying the description of the action
31.1.2.1 modifying with intensifiers
In manner adverbial phrases, the adjectival verb may be preceded by an intensifier:
他说话说得很快。
他說話說得很快。
Tā shuō huà shuō de hěn kuài.
He speaks very quickly.她开车开得太慢。
她開車開得太慢。
Tā kāi chē kāi de tài màn.
She drives a car too slowly.你们考试都考得真好。
你們考試都考得真好。
Nǐmen kǎo shì dōu kǎo de zhēn hǎo.
You all did really well on the exam.C10.331.1.2.2 modifying with negation
In manner adverbial phrases, negation must occur before the adjectival verb, not before the
action verb. Negation must be 不 bù.
他说得不快。
他說得不快。
Tā shuō de bù kuài.
He doesn’t speak fast.你们都考得不好。
你們都考得不好。
Nǐmen dōu kǎo de bù hǎo.
You all didn’t do well on the exam.C27.1.1