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Adjectives & Adverbs
Stative verbs functioning as adjectives, comparatives with hơn/nhất and adverb placement
đẹp
beautiful
dep
Behaves like a verb — no "to be" is needed
Nhà này đẹp.
This house is beautiful.
nya nay dep
No word for "is" — the stative verb carries that meaning
lớn / nhỏ
big / small
luhn / nyaw
Basic size adjectives (stative verbs)
tốt / xấu
good / bad
tot / sow
Basic quality adjectives
nhà đẹp
beautiful house
nya dep
Adjective follows the noun it describes
hơn
more (comparative marker)
huhn
đẹp hơn = more beautiful
đẹp hơn...
more beautiful than...
dep huhn
hơn + object of comparison follows the adjective
nhất
most (superlative marker)
nyut
đẹp nhất = most beautiful
rất
very
zut
rất đẹp = very beautiful
quá
too/extremely
kwa
đẹp quá! = so beautiful!