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* <em>去 北京</em> <strong>的</strong> 火车<span class="trans">The train that goes to Beijing.</span>
 
* <em>去 北京</em> <strong>的</strong> 火车<span class="trans">The train that goes to Beijing.</span>
 
* <em>今天 来</em> <strong>的</strong> 人<span class="trans">The people that come today.</span>
 
* <em>今天 来</em> <strong>的</strong> 人<span class="trans">The people that come today.</span>
* <em>我们昨天吃</em> <strong>的</strong> 饭<span class="trans">The food that we had yesterday.</span>
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* <em>我 做 </em> <strong>的</strong> 饭<span class="trans">The food that I cooked.</span>
* <em>上个星期参观</em> <strong>的</strong> 地方<span class="trans">The place we visited last week.</span>
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* <em>上 个 星期 去</em> <strong>的</strong> 地方<span class="trans">The place we went to last week.</span>
* <em>上午来我家</em> <strong>的</strong> 朋友<span class="trans">The friends that came to my house this afternoon.</span>
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* <em>睡觉 </em> <strong>的</strong> 小狗<span class="trans">The dog that is sleeping.</span>
* <em>他们上周末去</em> <strong>的</strong> 公园<span class="trans">The park they went to last weekend.</span>
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* <em>上海 </em> <strong>的</strong> 公园<span class="trans">The park of Shanghai.</span>
* <em>今天来上课</em> <strong>的</strong> 老师<span class="trans">The teacher that came to the class today.</span>
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* <em>那 个 学校 </em> <strong>的</strong> 老师<span class="trans">The teacher of that school.</span>
* <em>去年在上海买</em> <strong>的</strong> 衣服<span class="trans">The clothes that were bought last year in Shanghai.</span>
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* <em>在 上海 买</em> <strong>的</strong> 衣服<span class="trans">The clothes that were bought in Shanghai.</span>
* <em>你今年夏天访问</em> <strong>的</strong> 城市<span class="trans">The city that you visited this summer.</span>
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* <em>好玩 </em> <strong>的</strong> 城市<span class="trans">Interesting city.</span>
 
* <em>昨晚 喝 了 很 多 啤酒</em> <strong>的</strong> 那 个 人<span class="trans">That person that drank a lot of beer last night.</span>
 
* <em>昨晚 喝 了 很 多 啤酒</em> <strong>的</strong> 那 个 人<span class="trans">That person that drank a lot of beer last night.</span>
  

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In addition to linking adjectives to nouns, 的 (de) can also be used to link a phrase to a noun, making the already useful 的 (de) even more useful.

Structure

As well as attaching adjectives to nouns, 的 (de) can be used to attach whole phrases to nouns. In English this is often achieved with "who" or "that", e.g. in "The man who went to Beijing" or "The book that I bought yesterday".

Phrase + 的 + Noun

Here a phrase means Verb + (Object).

Examples

  • 去 北京 火车The train that goes to Beijing.
  • 今天 来 The people that come today.
  • 我 做 The food that I cooked.
  • 上 个 星期 去 地方The place we went to last week.
  • 睡觉 小狗The dog that is sleeping.
  • 上海 公园The park of Shanghai.
  • 那 个 学校 老师The teacher of that school.
  • 在 上海 买 衣服The clothes that were bought in Shanghai.
  • 好玩 城市Interesting city.
  • 昨晚 喝 了 很 多 啤酒 那 个 人That person that drank a lot of beer last night.

See also

Sources and Further Reading

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