Today's Chinese character:
的
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Today, at last, I have the pleasure to introduce the number one most frequently used Chinese character! In order to be able to write in Chinese the sentence "She's my teacher", you don't need any other character.
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Characters' Essentials
Character
Pronunciation
Meaning
Description and Examples
Word
Pronunciation
Meaning
[noun] Husband or wife, spouse; sweetheart
Word
Pronunciation
Meaning
[noun] Woman, womenfolk
Word
Pronunciation
Meaning
A modifier is a word or phrase which modifies or qualify a noun. The modified noun is called headword or central word. Sometimes, the structural particle 的character: 的
pinyin: de
details is needed between the modifier and the noun; at other times, however, it is not required.
sometimes: MODIFIER + NOUN
at other times: MODIFIER + 的character: 的
pinyin: de
details + NOUN
Gradually you'll learn when 的character: 的
pinyin: de
details is to be used and when it is not. Here we are going to see how to use it.
Sentence Structure 9
Modifier+的+NounA modifier (i.e. any word, phrase, or clause, except conjunctions, grammatical particles, interjections, and exclamations) is used in this structure to qualify or modify a noun (headword). 的character: 的
pinyin: de
details is placed between modifier and headword. MODIFIER + 的character: 的
pinyin: de
details + HEADWORD To make learning easier, the examples will be divided as follows: - Pronoun+的+Noun
- Noun+的+Noun
- Substantive+的+Noun
- Time word+的+Noun
- Place+的+Noun
- Verb+的+Noun
- Adjective+的+Noun
- Adverb+的+Noun
- Prepositional phrase+的+Noun
- Onomatopoeia+的+Noun
- Phrase+的+Noun
IMPORTANT: remember that the noun (headword) is always placed AFTER 的character: 的
pinyin: de
details. |
Sentence Structure 10
Pronoun+的+NounThis structure is used to indicate a relationship of belonging, possession, etc. Let's take the phrase "my teacher" as example. Since "my" is the possessive genitive of "I", we would literally say "I 的character: 的
pinyin: de
details teacher". "My teacher" is literally: I 的character: 的
pinyin: de
details teacher that is: 我character: 我
pinyin: wǒ
details的character: 的
pinyin: de
details老师word: 老师
pinyin: lǎoshī
details Pronouns used as modifiers: Chinese English my Chinese English your (singular) Chinese English his Chinese English her Chinese English its Chinese English our Chinese English your (plural) Chinese English their (of males, or males and females) Chinese English their (of females) Chinese English |
Sentence Structure 11
Inflection in Chinese?The concept of inflection, that is the change of form that nouns, verbs and adjectives undergo in English to mark such distinctions as those number, tense, or person is foreign to Chinese language, so that the phrase 我character: 我
pinyin: wǒ
details的character: 的
pinyin: de
details老师word: 老师
pinyin: lǎoshī
details might be translated both as "my teacher" and "my teachers". So the good news is that all English rules about inflection can just be ignored! |
Sentence Structure 12
Noun+的+NounThis structure is used to indicate a relationship of belonging, possession, etc. Examples of proper names or titles used as modifiers: Chinese Mary 的character: 的
pinyin: de
detailsItalian Mary's Chinese Italian teacher's Chinese Italian Examples Mary 的character: 的
pinyin: de
details爱人word: 爱人
pinyin: àiren
details。
Antony 的character: 的
pinyin: de
details爱人word: 爱人
pinyin: àiren
details。
Antony 的character: 的
pinyin: de
details女人word: 女人
pinyin: nǚren
details。
老师word: 老师
pinyin: lǎoshī
details的character: 的
pinyin: de
details爱人word: 爱人
pinyin: àiren
details。
老师word: 老师
pinyin: lǎoshī
details的character: 的
pinyin: de
details女人word: 女人
pinyin: nǚren
details。
老师word: 老师
pinyin: lǎoshī
details的character: 的
pinyin: de
details医生word: 医生
pinyin: yīshēng
details。
医生word: 医生
pinyin: yīshēng
details的character: 的
pinyin: de
details老师word: 老师
pinyin: lǎoshī
details。 |
And, at last, we are able now to write in Chinese the sentence "She's my teacher."
她character: 她
pinyin: tā
details是character: 是
pinyin: shì
details我character: 我
pinyin: wǒ
details的character: 的
pinyin: de
details老师word: 老师
pinyin: lǎoshī
details。
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