tā de zhuānyèjìnéng hěn hǎo.

Her professional skills are very good.

Breakdown of tā de zhuānyèjìnéng hěn hǎo.

• 很hěn: very
• 好hǎo: good
• 的de: possessive particle
• 她tā: she

Questions & Answers about tā de zhuānyèjìnéng hěn hǎo.

What does 的 (de) do in 她的专业技能?

的 marks possession or a modifying relationship.

So:

• 她 = she
• 她的 = her
• 专业技能 = professional skills

Together, 她的专业技能 means her professional skills.

A useful pattern is:

• noun/pronoun + 的 + noun

For example:

• 我的老师 = my teacher
• 他的工作 = his job
• 她的专业技能 = her professional skills

Why is 很 (hěn) used here? Does it literally mean very?

In many beginner sentences, 很 does not always mean a strong very.

In Mandarin, when an adjective is the predicate, a degree word is often used before it. So:

• 她的专业技能很好。

is often understood as a neutral statement like:

• Her professional skills are good.

If you say:

• 她的专业技能好。

it can sound marked, contrastive, or like you are emphasizing good in comparison with something else.

So in this sentence, 很 may simply be helping the sentence sound natural, rather than adding strong emphasis.

Why is there no word for is in this sentence?