wǒ juéde bǎohù huánjìng duì dàjiā dōu hěn zhòngyào.

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Breakdown of wǒ juéde bǎohù huánjìng duì dàjiā dōu hěn zhòngyào.

• 很hěn: very
• 都dōu: all
• 对duì: to

Questions & Answers about wǒ juéde bǎohù huánjìng duì dàjiā dōu hěn zhòngyào.

What is the basic grammar structure of this sentence?

The core structure is:

我觉得 + 保护环境 + 对大家 + 都很重要。

Breakdown:

• 我觉得 – “I think / I feel”
• 保护环境 – “protecting the environment” (literally “protect environment”)
• 对大家 – “for everyone / to everyone”
• 都很重要 – “is (all) very important”

In Chinese grammar terms, 保护环境 is the subject/topic, 对大家 is a prepositional phrase (indicating for whom), and 很重要 is the adjectival predicate (“very important”), with 都 adding the sense of “all”.

So the pattern is:

[Subject] + 对 + [affected people/thing] + 很 + [adjective]
保护环境 + 对大家 + 很重要
“Protecting the environment is very important for everyone.”

Why is there no word like “is” in the Chinese sentence?

Chinese usually doesn’t need a separate “to be” verb (like is/are) before adjectives.

• In English: is important → “to be” + adjective
• In Chinese: just 很重要 → degree adverb + adjective

So:

• 保护环境对大家都很重要。
  Literally: “Protect environment, toward everyone, all very important.”

The adjective 重要 itself acts like a verb (“to be important”). The 很 is a degree word, not “is”. In most cases with adjectives as predicates, you simply do:

Subject + 很 + Adjective
这个问题很重要。 – “This question is important.”

Why do we need 很 before 重要? Can I say …对大家都重要 instead?