哈囉，大家好！I’m Grace.
Today we’re going to learn about common Chinese adverbs
that are used to express feelings or opinions about something.
We’re going to learn these 5 today: 乾脆、反正、果然、剛好、正好.
These adverbs are used all the time
so learning them will help you sound more like a native speaker,
and by knowing them,
you’ll better understand native Chinese speakers’ emotions and attitudes
when communicating with them.
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Many of these adverbs are very flexible
they can be placed in front of the subject, after the subject,
or even be used on its own.
The first adverb is “乾脆”
乾脆 (adv.) is used when you make or suggest
the most straightforward solution to a problem.
So it would be used in a context like this:
First there is a problem,
and then you talk about the most straightforward solution you think
that can solve the problem once and for all.
Let’s see an example:
So here, because the girl couldn’t choose which clothes to buy,
her friend used 乾脆 to suggest the most straightforward solution.
Because the solution that 乾脆 is used to suggest is
the most straightforward one that can solve the problem,
sometimes it can be kind of extreme. For instance,
Here he uses 乾脆 to give
the most effective but extreme solution to the problem.
The second common adverb is 反正
反正 is like “anyway” in English.
In a sentence, it’s often placed before the subject.
It can be used to state that the result or conclusion would be the same
no matter what happens. For example,
So it’s certain that the conclusion would be the same
no matter how the other person tries to convince her.
Here 反正 is used to indicate that there is no other possibility.
反正 can also be used to emphasize the reason for doing something
and imply that other considerations are not important.
The structure would usually look like this:
反正 + Reason，Suggestion/Action
The order can also be switched:
Suggestion/Action，反正 + Reason
For example,
You can also say,
Because 反正 is used to rule out other possibilities or considerations,
using it typically will make the speaker sound
more assertive and more firm.
Okay now let’s move on to the next one, 果然
果然 is used to emphasize that things happened as expected.
So there would first be an expectation of how things will happen
and then you use 果然 to express that the thing actually happened as expected.
For example,
Here she used 果然 because things happened as she expected.
The final two adverbs for today are 剛好 and 正好.
They have similar meanings so we can learn them together,
and I’ll talk about their differences later.
So both of them can be used to express coincidence.
Often they are translated into “happen to” in English. For instance,
They can also be used to express that things happened
just at the right time or in the right way as needed. For example,
While 剛好 and 正好 can be used both in speaking and writing,
剛好 is more often used in speaking (informally)
whereas 正好 is more often used in writing (formally).
Now let’s do a quick recap of today’s lesson!
Today we learned about 5 adverbs used to express
your feelings or opinion about something.
The first one was 乾脆 which is used to talk about
the most straightforward solution that the speaker thinks
can solve a problem once and for all,
and sometimes the solution can be quite extreme.
The second one is 反正,
which is used to state that the result or conclusion would be the same
no matter what happens
or to emphasize the reason for doing something
and imply that other considerations are not important.
The third one is 果然,
it’s used to emphasize that things happened as expected.
And the final ones are 剛好 and 正好,
they’re used to express coincidence or to express that things happened
just at the right time or in the right way as needed.
Alright, that’s it for today!
I know these types of Chinese adverbs are a bit hard to learn
because their meanings are not as concrete and a bit hard to grasp,
so I hope the way I explained them helps you understand them better
And let me know in the comments if you’d like to learn more of them!
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