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<h1>Adjectives with "name" and "zheme"
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<p>In English, the words "that" and "so" are often used to increase the extent of an adjective (ex. "he is so tall" or "this food is so good"). In Chinese, 那么 (nàme) and 这么 (zhème) serve the same function.</p>

<h2>Contents</h2>

  
<div class="contents">1 Structure
2 Examples
3 When to use which one
4 See also
5 Sources and further reading
5.1 Books</div>

<h3>Structure</h3>

<p>All you have to do to use this grammar structure is put the 那么 or 这么 in front of the adjective.</p>

<div class="deux">Subj. + 那么 / 这么 + Adj.</div>

<h3>Examples</h3>

<div class="exemple"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">他 说得 这么 快 ，你们 听 得 懂 吗 ？
Tā shuōde zhème kuài, nǐmen tīng de dǒng ma?
He speaks so fast. Can you understand? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">我 没 想到 这个 考试 这么 难 。
Wǒ méi xiǎng dào zhège kǎoshì zhème nán.
I didn't expect this exam would be so difficult. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">雨 这么 大，明天 再 去 吧 。
Yǔ zhème dà, míngtiān zài qù ba.
It's raining so heavily. How about we go tomorrow? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">你 那么 聪明 ，一定 能 猜到 。
Nǐ nàme cōngming, yīdìng néng cāi dào.
You're so smart. You can guess this. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">老板 那么 忙 ，肯定 没 时间 。
Lǎobǎn nàme máng, kěndìng méi shíjiān.
The boss is so busy. He definitely won't have time for this. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">今天 怎么 这么 冷 ？
Jīntiān zěnme zhème lěng?
Why is it so cold today? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">你 怎么 这么 没 礼貌 ？
Nǐ zěnme zhème méi lǐmào?
Why are you so impolite? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">这个 老外 怎么 会 了解 那么 多 中国 历史 ？
Zhège lǎowài zěnme huì liǎojiě nàme duō Zhōngguó lìshǐ?
How come this foreigner knows so much about Chinese history? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">中国 人口 这么 多 ，当然 会 有 很 多 社会 问题 。
Zhōngguó rénkǒu zhème duō, dāngrán huì yǒu hěn duō shèhuì wèntí.
China has such a big population. Of course there will be many social problems. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">科技 那么 发达 ，什么 都 是 有 可能 的 。
Kējì nàme fādá, shénme dōu shì yǒu kěnéng de.
Science and technology is so developed. Nothing is impossible.</span><br/></li>
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<p>When to use which one</p>

<p>You might be thinking 那 and 这 have different meanings. How can they be used the same way? </p>
<p>Well, there are some differences. </p>
<p>这么 is used when the thing you are talking about is close by, when you would say "this" or 这个. </p>
<p>On the other hand, if the object is far away, you would use 那么. </p>
<p>Furthermore, this distance doesn't have to be physical; it can also refer to time, so you would use 那么 with things like "yesterday" or "tomorrow."</p>

<h3>See also</h3>

<div class="See-also"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">The "zui" superlative
Expressing "excessively" with "tai"
Sources and further reading</span><br/></li>
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<h3>Books</h3>

<div class="See-also"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Short-term Spoken Chinese: Elementary (汉语口语速成基础篇) (pp. 15) [ →buy]
Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 2 (3rd ed) (pp. 71 - 2) →buy
New Practical Chinese Reader 4 (新实用汉语课本4) (pp. 103) →buy</span><br/></li>
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