Grammar

Structural particle of 的 , 得 , 地.

Structural particle ‘de’ has three written forms in modern chinese, each with its own uses.

• The structural particle 的 most often used for modifying nouns.

• The structural particle 得 most often used with complements.

• The structural particle 地 most often used for adverbial phrases.

的 can be possession, one, that or who. It can also act as a linking word between a common noun, verb or adjective.

For E.g

你的/我的.

我的学校.

他的女朋友.

那不是我的问题.

这是中国的产品.

得 is used to construct various kinds of complements and is usually associated with verbs.

Verbal complements in chinese can be categorized in many different ways.

• Potential complements

• Degree complements

得 in potential complements

听得懂.

看得清楚.

这么多饭－你能吃得完吗？

得 in degree complements

你说得非常好.

她长得很高.

地 is used to turn adjectives into adverbs,and can be thought as equivalent to the suffix-ly in English.

慢慢地.

高兴地唱.

他很快地吃饭.

Examples using all 3 “de”

• 她穿着红色的裙子，安静地走在路上，走得很慢.

• 他的女朋友一直在开心地唱歌，但是她唱得很难听.