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Revision as of 09:07, 18 June 2012

Structure

A very common way to modify nouns is to attach an adjective to them using 的 (de).

Adjective + 的 + Noun

This structures comes up extremely frequently and is an easy way to attribute features to nouns.

Examples

  • 红色 的 气球。
  • 漂亮 的 衣服。
  • 好 看 的 书。
  • 好喝 的 啤酒。

See also

Sources and further reading

Books

HSK3