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Today he very happy

今天他非常开心。

jīn tiān tā fēi cháng kāi xīn

Natural English

He is very happy today.

A time-first emotional state sentence.

Sentence Category States and Feelings
Sentence Type Standardized Expression
Level Basic

Token Mapping

  1. 1
    English Token
    today
    Chinese Unit
    今天
    Pinyin
    jīn tiān
    Linked Word
    today - 今天
  2. 2
    English Token
    he
    Chinese Unit
    他
    Pinyin
    tā
    Linked Word
    he - 他
  3. 3
    English Token
    very
    Chinese Unit
    非常
    Pinyin
    fēi cháng
    Linked Word
    very - 非常
  4. 4
    English Token
    happy
    Chinese Unit
    开心
    Pinyin
    kāi xīn
    Linked Word
    happy - 开心

Sentence Structure

Chinese Order
今天 / 他 / 非常 / 开心
Chinglish Order
today / he / very / happy
Natural English Order
He is very happy today.

Sentence Analysis

A time-first emotional state sentence.

Sentence Analysis

The semantic units 今天 / 他 / 非常 / 开心 yield Today / he / very / happy. Very is licensed by happy's degree-accepting profile. Natural English supplies is and often shifts today to the end; Chinglish retains neither insertion nor reordering.

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Standard Notes

Standard Status
Standard
Usage Context
Official candidate sentence for editorial review.
Comprehensibility
Understandable with context

Related Words

today 今天 jīn tiān he 他 tā very 非常 fēi cháng happy 开心 kāi xīn