<p>You can use 足够, for example, 足够的水. It can be used both predicatively and attributively.</p>
<p>The sentence could be translated to 一定要带足够的水。Or more naturally 记得要带足够的水. In this case, 多 can also be added, so it becomes 足够多的水; 足够 is used adverbially.</p>

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In your examples it seems that 足够 is being used adjectivally rather than adverbially...Am I confused?
Buddy L
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@Buddy L In 足够的水, it’s used adjectivally, while in 足够多的水, advervially, modifying the adjective 多
lilysirius
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Of course! Thank you.
Buddy L
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lilysirius
<p>It's a hot summer day, you are going for a long walk over sparsely wooded tinder-dry mountain, somewhere in Spain.</p>
<p>Be sure to bring enough water!<br />
确保带够水！</p>

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2022-03-03T23:26:15.297Z
Interesting....would 够 be considered a resultative of 带 here rather than a modifier of 水？
Buddy L
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2022-03-04T21:28:17.060Z
Not too familiar with Linguistese. What I can say is, 够, here representing 'enough', is a quantity or amount, presumably, but not necessarily, greater than none.
Pedroski
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It's actually an interesting distinction. If it's a rusultative of 带, then it is specifying the extent to which the water was brought. If it's a modifier of  水, then it would be describing the amount of water that was brought. I think in this case it is a resultative of 带, because if you rearranged the sentence it is much more likely that 够 will stay to the right of 带, rather than to the left of 水：水都带够了, but you would never say *够水都带了
Buddy L
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Sorry, but I don't understand what you mean by "a resultative" Do you have a definition of that? A link maybe?? Do you mean somehow the result of bringing something? In this case, the result of bringing is "have enough water" Or you mean 够 is something like "enoughly"??
Pedroski
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2022-03-09T15:33:41.300Z
Resultat complements, or some people call them resultative verbs, are like complementary verbs/adjectives that goes after a main verb. In 看完书, 完 is the result. In 我吃饱了， 饱 is the result complement. A great (and concise) article: http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/Grammar%20exercises/RVC.htm
Buddy L
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Interesting link, thanks. My understanding (I may be wrong) is, a complement is something which is not necessary in a sentence. It supplies additional information which is good but not absolutely necessary in the sentence. If I remove 够 from 水都带够了。the meaning is completely changed. Thus 够 cannot be a complement.
Pedroski
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You are correct that a complement is not necessary in a sentence, but that doesn't mean that once it is included it doesn't have a fundamental impact on the meaning. 我吃饱了，我看完了, 饱 and 完 are classic examples of result complements. If you took them out of their respective sentences, the sentence would make sense but mean something completely different: 我吃了，我看了. Likewise, you could say “水都带了”, and it would mean something different. I am inclined to think that in the sentence we are playing with here, 够 is in fact a result complement （for 带），not a describer （of 水）because you would never say *够水带了
Buddy L
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Pedroski
<p>够，enough, is a kind of adjective that can only be used as a predicate, not as a modifier.
水够了 is &quot;The water is enough&quot; -- here it is used as a predicate.
We cannot say, however: 够水， using 够 as a modifier, like we would with another adjective: 热水
So in an English sentence that uses &quot;enough&quot; as a modifier, like &quot;Be sure to bring enough water&quot;, how would you translate it?</p>

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How would you translate: Be sure to bring enough water
# How would you translate: Be sure to bring enough water

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-03-02)

够，enough, is a kind of adjective that can only be used as a predicate, not as a modifier.
水够了 is "The water is enough" -- here it is used as a predicate.
We cannot say, however: 够水， using 够 as a modifier, like we would with another adjective: 热水
So in an English sentence that uses "enough" as a modifier, like "Be sure to bring enough water", how would you translate it?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2022-03-02. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

You can use 足够, for example, 足够的水. It can be used both predicatively and attributively.

The sentence could be translated to 一定要带足够的水。Or more naturally 记得要带足够的水. In this case, 多 can also be added, so it becomes 足够多的水; 足够 is used adverbially.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: In your examples it seems that 足够 is being used adjectivally rather than adverbially...Am I confused?  
> **username_1**: @username_0 In 足够的水, it’s used adjectivally, while in 足够多的水, advervially, modifying the adjective 多  
> **username_0**: Of course! Thank you.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2022-03-02. Score: 1

It's a hot summer day, you are going for a long walk over sparsely wooded tinder-dry mountain, somewhere in Spain.

Be sure to bring enough water!  
确保带够水！

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Interesting....would 够 be considered a resultative of 带 here rather than a modifier of 水？  
> **username_2**: Not too familiar with Linguistese. What I can say is, 够, here representing 'enough', is a quantity or amount, presumably, but not necessarily, greater than none.  
> **username_0**: It's actually an interesting distinction. If it's a rusultative of 带, then it is specifying the extent to which the water was brought. If it's a modifier of  水, then it would be describing the amount of water that was brought. I think in this case it is a resultative of 带, because if you rearranged the sentence it is much more likely that 够 will stay to the right of 带, rather than to the left of 水：水都带够了, but you would never say *够水都带了  
> **username_2**: Sorry, but I don't understand what you mean by "a resultative" Do you have a definition of that? A link maybe?? Do you mean somehow the result of bringing something? In this case, the result of bringing is "have enough water" Or you mean 够 is something like "enoughly"??  
> **username_0**: Resultat complements, or some people call them resultative verbs, are like complementary verbs/adjectives that goes after a main verb. In 看完书, 完 is the result. In 我吃饱了， 饱 is the result complement. A great (and concise) article: http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/Grammar%20exercises/RVC.htm  
> **username_2**: Interesting link, thanks. My understanding (I may be wrong) is, a complement is something which is not necessary in a sentence. It supplies additional information which is good but not absolutely necessary in the sentence. If I remove 够 from 水都带够了。the meaning is completely changed. Thus 够 cannot be a complement.  
> **username_0**: You are correct that a complement is not necessary in a sentence, but that doesn't mean that once it is included it doesn't have a fundamental impact on the meaning. 我吃饱了，我看完了, 饱 and 完 are classic examples of result complements. If you took them out of their respective sentences, the sentence would make sense but mean something completely different: 我吃了，我看了. Likewise, you could say “水都带了”, and it would mean something different. I am inclined to think that in the sentence we are playing with here, 够 is in fact a result complement （for 带），not a describer （of 水）because you would never say *够水带了  

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