Expressing possession with "de"

Revision as of 09:36, 13 June 2012 by ViktorMugli (talk | contribs)

In Chinese, possession is marked with the particle 的. This particle work's in a similar way to 's (apostrophe s) in English, but is used much more widely.

Structure

Noun 1 + 的 + Noun 2

Examples

  • 啤酒。
  • 葡萄酒。
  • 书。
  • 他们 东西。
  • 小李 手机。

See also

Sources and further reading

Books