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Dec 01, 2010 - 11:25 AM
"De" is first introduced in session 8. It's main use is to show possession.
My friend. W? de péngyou
The use of de, as you have showed is introduced in session 15. I'll try to explain it a bit here. It's used to describe things. For example, you can say:
The coffee is good. K?f?i h?n h?o
or
Good coffee. H?n h?o de k?f?i
You can't say. H?n h?o k?f?i.
This isn't absolute and some times you can describe things without the de, but always using it is never incorrect, so to avoid confusion we always use it at first.
My friend. W? de péngyou
The use of de, as you have showed is introduced in session 15. I'll try to explain it a bit here. It's used to describe things. For example, you can say:
The coffee is good. K?f?i h?n h?o
or
Good coffee. H?n h?o de k?f?i
You can't say. H?n h?o k?f?i.
This isn't absolute and some times you can describe things without the de, but always using it is never incorrect, so to avoid confusion we always use it at first.
Dec 28, 2011 - 01:57 PM
Sonia...it also seems like its used for plural forms...as in you have "big books" vs. "a big book" "hen da de shu" is that right?
Jan 10, 2012 - 03:14 AM
Normally the "de" is required for descriptive situations related to adjectival verbs.So for example you will say "hanyu ni shuo de hen hao" => you speak chinese (very) well.
Feb 28, 2012 - 08:21 PM
I think I saw somewhere that de is also used similar in fasion to the English 's.
Mar 02, 2012 - 06:12 PM
I always thought of de meaning "having the property of" or "being of" as in wo de pengyou = my friend and lanse de yanjing = eyes being blue. That's how I wrapped my thoughts around it.