"你忙吗？"
Translation:Are you busy?
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If you add 很, 很 here is more like adv, which means are you very busy/extremely busy? In some context, 你很忙吗？can be regarded as irony. For example, my boss ask me to complete this sheet today, but I reply, no, I don't have time. Then my boss can have a sarcastic comment like 你很忙吗？means it just take you 5 min, are you really that busy?
Wow! Real knowledge.. I wonder, do we can know specific things like this by ourselves, or we need to study in an approve course as serious studying? Just wonder because I feel hard in teaching myself, but I keep in my way..
The caracter means 'very' and does not mean the verb. In this sentence you do not need the verb, because you can understand it without verbs. You do not need to use the word 'very'.
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hahaha, they're actually called pictograms! Hieroglyphs can be found in the pyramids of Egypt :D
Hi, you can't use 是 because you can't use be in front of an adjective but it's normally more correcte if you say 你很忙吗 ? Because even if you're not really busy, people just always put 很 in front of an adjective ( that's what my chinese teacher says in class) .
The "he3n" represents what in linguistics is called a"copula". In English, "to be" is the copula. In Mandarin, the adverb "he3n" is used as a copula. However, if there is another word such as "bù", 'not', "he3n" isn't used.
I find the pronunciation out of place. The last phrase ma that shows the questioning is not pronounced loudly enough to be understood properly. Or is that just an accent?
The last word like 吗 should be speak with less strength, more soften. Nobody will pronounce it loudly, since it only indicate as a question, it does not has any meaning.
For me, it sounds like he says "ni mang la". The m in ma is not properly pronounced to my ears.
So, how do we know when to put 很 before an adjective and when it just means 'very'?
