hěnduō xuéshēng juéde guónèi dàxué de xuéfèi bǐ chūguó liúxué piányi.

student

Breakdown of hěnduō xuéshēng juéde guónèi dàxué de xuéfèi bǐ chūguó liúxué piányi.

• 的de: possessive particle
• 觉得juéde: to feel

Questions & Answers about hěnduō xuéshēng juéde guónèi dàxué de xuéfèi bǐ chūguó liúxué piányi.

Why does the sentence start with 很多学生 instead of something like 在国内大学的学生 or 国内大学?

很多学生 is the subject of the sentence: 很多学生觉得…… – “Many students think that…”.

Chinese usually starts with the topic/subject, then says what they do or think. Here, the speaker wants to talk about students’ opinions, not about the universities themselves, so 很多学生 comes first.

• 很多学生觉得…… = Many students think that…
• 国内大学的学费…… = The tuition fees of domestic universities…

You could make 国内大学 the topic in a different sentence, but it would change the focus:

• 国内大学的学费，很多学生觉得比出国留学便宜。
  “As for domestic universities’ tuition, many students think it’s cheaper than studying abroad.”

The original sentence is more straightforward: subject (很多学生) + verb (觉得) + clause.

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What’s the difference between 很多 and 很? Why is it 很多学生, not 很学生?

很多 and 很 are completely different:

• 很 = “very” (degree adverb for adjectives)

  • 很贵 = very expensive
  • 很便宜 = very cheap

• 很多 = “many / a lot of” (quantifier for nouns)

  • 很多学生 = many students
  • 很多问题 = many questions

You cannot say 很学生 in standard Mandarin; 很 doesn’t modify nouns. You need 多 to talk about “many”, so 很多学生 is “many students”.

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