地, 得 or 的?

zoollah
August 08, 2011, 02:29 AM posted in I Have a Question

I wish someone could clearly explain to me the distinction between the verb and noun modifiers (I hope this is the proper name): 地 ,得 and 的. Even though, they are all pronounced the same, it seems to matter a lot which one is used in writing.

的 is the easiest one but my major difficulty has been to figure out what it is the difference in using 地 vs. 得.

 

Thanks!

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rags
August 08, 2011, 03:24 PM

1. 修饰限制+“的”+名词 
2. 修饰限制+“地”+动词
3. 动词(形容词)+“得”+补充说明

for a beginner of studying mandarin, I think no need to figure out what's the exactly difference.

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zoollah
August 09, 2011, 10:04 PM

Thanks!

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he2xu4
August 09, 2011, 11:05 PM

These go into more detail (I cannot vouch for the accuracy):

http://people.ucalgary.ca/~wcai/chinesegrammar/content2.html

http://chinesenotes.com/grammar.php

Also, I've been reading "Chinse: An Essential Grammar", which goes into full gory detail the differences, which rags described in a nutshell. I'd recommend the book if you want to really get into it. But only the 2nd edition as the first does not include Chinese characters in the examples, just pinyin.