Mandarin · Chapter 5 · Lesson 5 · Grammar primer
Adjectives as stative verbs
Mandarin adjectives ARE verbs. 'I am cold' is 我冷, not 我是冷. Why 很 is a default filler, not always 'very', and how to negate with 不.
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