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=="How old are you?" in Mandarin Chinese== | =="How old are you?" in Mandarin Chinese== | ||
* <span class="notranslate">你 多大?</span> | * <span class="notranslate">你 多大? Nǐ duō dà?</span> | ||
<blockquote>How old are you?</blockquote> | <blockquote>How old are you?</blockquote> | ||
The adjectival verb <span class="notranslate">大 dà</span> can be translated as "to be big" in the sense of size and age. | |||
* <span class="notranslate">中国 很大 zhongguo hen dà</span> | |||
<blockquote>China is big.</blockquote> | |||
In Chinese, the word <span class="notranslate">多 duō</span> can also be translated as "how many?" when he is in front of a verb. | |||
The answer to the question is built without verb: | The answer to the question is built without verb: |