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Posted on: Comforting Someone
September 27, 2017, 01:20 PM

看起来 combined with 好像 ?? Isn't that like saying: It looks like it seems ... I mean these two can be used interchangeably, not combined? I don't get it. Anyone?

Posted on: What Do You Want To Ask?
September 15, 2017, 05:56 PM

A bit about 的 which I didn't find in the grammar for this lesson. Source: https://www.chineseboost.com/grammar/modifier-de-noun/

clause + 的 + noun


Finally, we’ll have a look at a slightly more complicated 的 grammar structure. Because 的 can be used to attach pretty much anything to anything else, you can use it to link entire phrases to things. The phrase then becomes a description or quality.

This sounds complicated but it will probably become clearer with some examples:

我买的茶

wǒ mǎi de chá

the tea I bought
他喜欢的那个女孩

Tā xǐhuan de nàge nǚhái

that girl he likes
你最喜欢的颜色

nǐ zuì xǐhuan de yánsè

your favourite colour (the colour you like the most)
In those examples, rather than a noun or an adjective, we have a phrase (e.g. 我买 - “I buy”). The phrase is linked to a noun using 的, and becomes a description or attribute of the noun.

Some more examples of this modifying clause / phrase with 的:

他弄丢的东西

tā nòng diū de dōngxi

the thing he lost
我不认识的一个人

wǒ bù rènshi de yīge rén

someone that I don't know
我们第一次见到彼此的地方

wǒmen dì yī cì jiàn dào bǐcǐ dì dìfāng

the place where we first met
昨天跟我一块儿吃饭的那个人

zuótiān gēn wǒ yīkuàir chīfàn dì nàge rén

the person with whom I ate yesterday
Notice how you can attach quite complicated things to a noun using 的. That whole complex phrase just becomes an attribute of the noun. Have a look at some full example sentences for this structure:

他们买的自行车很便宜。

Tāmen mǎi de zìxíngchē hěn piányi.

The bike they bought is very cheap.
这是我看过最好看的书。

Zhè shì wǒ kànguò zuì hǎo kàn de shū.

This is the best book I've ever read.
你是第一个这样做的人。

Nǐ shì dì yī gè zhèyàng zuò de rén.

You are the first person to do it this way.