Simple 的 use question.

orangina
May 29, 2010, 04:04 AM posted in I Have a Question

I know if I am refering to a friend I can say 我朋友 instead of 我的朋友。 But can I say 我是他朋友 instead of 我是他的朋友?

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xiaophil
May 29, 2010, 10:17 AM

I vote yes you can!  I'm pretty sure I have heard it before, and there was 1,200,000 occurences of it on the google search I did.  But of course I don't really know.

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suansuanru
May 29, 2010, 03:14 PM

yes you can.

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happygo
May 29, 2010, 03:54 PM

我们日常生活中一般都说“我是他朋友”

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orangina
May 29, 2010, 04:48 PM

Thanks everyone!