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多么 in Context

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多么 

Usage 1 - "so, how much, great": 

Sentence:

公园里的花多么好看。

English:

The flowers in the park are so beautiful!

Top-Down Words:

花 huā - flower
里 lǐ - inside, within


Sentence:

我多么爱狗狗。

English:

I love dogs so much.

Top-Down Words:

 ài - to love


*Sentence:

这些小东西有多么可爱,你有多么爱它们。

English:

These little things are so cute. You really love them.

Top-Down Words:

爱 ài - to love
可爱 kěài - cute, adorable, lovable



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Member Comments from 2019-mid-2020

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Rick Angleland

It seems that 多么 and 那么 and 这么 all seem to mean more or less the same thing?

MB Team

This is where Luke & Phil talked about your question in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFLwYVMRfNY&t=2630s

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Comments   5

Chris Lewis

living link: 多么, sounds like doh (as in the Sound of Music, 么 is almost like me, doh-ray-me-fah-SO

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MB Team

This is where Luke and Phil talked about your question in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45KKuYfqHz0&t=4683s

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Matt Shubert

Is there any meaning or emphasis difference for when to use 有 before 多么? I thought maybe it was an adjective vs. verb thing, but in the sample sentences, there's two examples with adjectives:

subject + 多么 + 好看
subject + 有多么 + 可爱

And two with verbs:

subject + 多么 + 爱
subject + 有多么 + 爱

I do understand the idea of more input leading to natural understanding of what sounds right/wrong to use, but in this case I really don't get the 有 here.

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Mandarin Blueprint

No difference in meaning, just a different way of saying the same thing.

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MB Team

This is where Luke and Phil talked about your question in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CxsTdcdcbA&t=2388s

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