Sentence pattern · Band 2
比: A is more than B
A 比 B + 形容词
比 is the balance beam: A · 比 · B, then the adjective, and no verb shows up because the adjective already is one. 我比他高 reads as I, compared to him, tall. To say by how much, hang a measure after the adjective, taller by a little, older by two years. One no: the adjective wears no 很 here; 比 already brought the more.
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Mistakes people make
比 already carries the more; stacking 很 on the adjective double charges it.
The frame is A 比 B plus adjective; English moves than him to the end, Mandarin keeps 比 in the middle.
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What does 比字句 mean?
比 is the balance beam: A · 比 · B, then the adjective, and no verb shows up because the adjective already is one. 我比他高 reads as I, compared to him, tall. To say by how much, hang a measure after the adjective, taller by a little, older by two years. One no: the adjective wears no 很 here; 比 already brought the more.
How do you build it?
A 比 B + 形容词
What is the most common mistake?
我比他很高。 → 我比他高。
比 already carries the more; stacking 很 on the adjective double charges it.
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