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Study: States and Descriptions

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Sentence Number 3

Today he very happy

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Chinese Sentence

今天他非常开心。

Full Pinyin

jīn tiān tā fēi cháng kāi xīn

Natural English

He is very happy today.

Short Description

A time-first emotional state sentence.

Sentence Pattern

CWB-P006

Level

basic

Sentence Type

Standardized Expression

Standard Status

standard

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.

Token Mapping

Position Surface Token Chinese Unit Pinyin Linked Word
1 today 今天 jīn tiān today
2 he he
3 very 非常 fēi cháng very
4 happy 开心 kāi xīn happy

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