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Affected files: Complements.md The Indefinite Measure Word.md Verb Reduplication.md 吧ba.md
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A complement is a grammatical unit, generally made up of a verbal or an adjectival expression, that appears after the main verb in a sentence to enhance its meaning. The Chinese language contains many various types of complements.
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# Complement of Degree
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#得
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The complement of degree provides a degree to which the verb occurs. In Chinese, 得 is used to join it to the verb it modifies:
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Verb + 得 + (Degree Adverb + Adjective)
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( Complement of Degree )
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1. 他吃得很多 tā chī de hěn duō "he ate a lot"
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2. 他写得很好 tā xiě de hěn hǎo "he writes really well"
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3. 他来得很晚 tā lái de hěn wǎn "he came very late"
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## Questions
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Questions can be formed in this pattern, either affirmative-negative, or interrogative:
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