expresses excessiveness (16)

This construction is used to express an extreme state in a situation or action. The affirmative form of the tài construction is [ stative verb ] , which means extremely [ stative verb ] as in tài hăo le extremely good. Without the particle in the affirmative form, the tone is rather crude. The negative form bú tài [stative verb] without le means that something is not extremely… [ stative verb ], as in bú tài hăo not very good .

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Translate the following sentences into Chinese (16,太 SV了)

I am extremely busy. He is not too busy.

Mr Wang is extremely serious.

His Chinese is extremely good.

She shirt is extremely white. My shirt is not so white.

Our dormitory is extremely new.

Our teacher is extremely nice.

Our textbook is extremely old.

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