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* 你 说 <em>得</em> 很 好。
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* 你 说 <em>得</em> 很 好。<span class="trans">You speak very well.</span>
* 他 做 <em>得</em> 很 不 好。
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* 他 做 <em>得</em> 很 不 好。<span class="trans">He did it poorly.</span>
* 她 化妆 化 <em>得</em> 很 好看。
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* 她 化妆 化 <em>得</em> 很 好看。<span class="trans">She made herself very pretty.</span>
  
 
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Revision as of 06:57, 4 June 2013

In this article, we take a look at how we use 得 (de) to help describe an action. It is one of the characters that often gets confused with 的 and 地, since they could be pronounced as a neutral tone "de"

Structure

Descriptive complements are used to describe the action of a verb. This would be done with an adverb in English.

Verb / adjective + 得 + Description

Examples

  • 你 说 很 好。You speak very well.
  • 他 做 很 不 好。He did it poorly.
  • 她 化妆 化 很 好看。She made herself very pretty.

See also

Sources and further reading

Books

HSK4