ABSTRACT
Some adjectives in Chinese are both descriptive and predicative. Descriptive adjectives occur before the noun, for example, lko (old) in lKo rén (old people), whilst predicative adjectives occur after a noun or a pronoun, for example, lko in Ta lKo (He is old ). Do remember that the verb shì (to be) is not used when adjectives function in a predicative position, and these predicative adjectives are usually modified by adverbs such as hln (very), tmng (rather), tài (too), etc. For example:
Ta tmng lKo. Lit. He/she rather be old.
