The different meanings/significance of de的?
Posted by EmmaLouise1
November 28, 2009 in the Group General Discussion .
In my very few months learning Chinese, I've seen 的 used in numerous situations. In my grammar book it lists the following uses of 的:
- Possessive pronouns
- The "是shi... 的de..." structure
- As a relative pronoun
- Highlighting the noun
- To separate adjectives of more than one character
- Expressing location
- The "自己ziji + 的de" structure (my own, your own)
As a Newbie, how many of these should I be familiar with? I've been studying for 5 months, if that's any guidance. I'm only familiar with the possessive pronoun use at the moment. Perhaps 的 could be a future Qing Wen topic? I've noticed there's been a Qing Wen on The 是...的 (Shì...de) Pattern but I can't find any others for now...
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