Exclamations with 太……了, 真 and 多……啊
Show strong feelings with 太好了！, 真好吃！ and 多漂亮啊！, and know when 太……了 means “too” rather than “so”.
Pattern
太 + adjective + 了！; 真 + adjective！; 多 + adjective + 啊！
太……了 needs both parts, and depending on context it means “so…!” or “too…”.
今天太冷了！
When to use Exclamations with 太……了, 真 and 多……啊
Put 太 before an adjective and 了 at the end to make an exclamation: 太好了！ “Great!”, 今天太冷了！ “It’s so cold today!”. You need both parts. Context decides the meaning: with good things it’s praise (“so…!”), with a problem it means “too…”: 这件衣服太贵了 “this piece of clothing is too expensive”.
太好了！
Great!
这件衣服太贵了，我不买。
This piece of clothing is too expensive, so I won’t buy it.
你太好了！
You’re so kind!
这个菜真好吃！
This dish is really delicious!
Common traps
- Don’t drop 了: say 太好了！, not 太好！
- 太大了 often means “too big”, a problem; to say something is simply big, use 很大.
- A plain 真 exclamation needs no 了: say 真好吃！, not 真好吃了！
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