Grammar: Name attribute

_THIS IS A TESTING BETA VERSION OF THE SITE_

The simplest form of the name attribute are possessive pronouns: 我的 /wǒde/ MINE, 你的 /nǐde/ YOUR, 他的 /tāde/ HIS

EXAMPLES: POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

Their dishes are both good and cheap.

他们的菜又好吃又便宜。

Tāmen de cài yòu hàochī yòu piányi.

EXPENSIVE - CHEAP

My computer ran out of battery.

我的电脑没有电。

Wǒ de diànnǎo méiyǒu diàn.

电 ELECTRIC

This is my business card.

这是我的名片。

Zhè shì wǒ de míngpiàn.

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NAME ATTRIBUTES are also things like a BLACK horse, a BEAUTIFUL town, an EXPENSIVE car

Name attribute comes in front of the word that it describes and ends with 的 /de/: 很贵的茶 /hěn guì de chá/ AN EXPENSIVE TEA

Obvious and natural connections such as 中国茶 /Zhōngguó chá/ CHINESE TEA are connected without 的 /de/

EXAMPLES: BASIC ATTRIBUTES

We got used to a safe life environment.

我们习惯了安全的生活环境。

Wǒmen xíguànle ānquán de shēnghuó huánjìng.

WORDS 生 SAFE - DANGEROUS

I wanna tell you an interesting story.

我想给你讲一个很有意思的故事。

Wǒ xiǎng gěi nǐ jiǎng yīge hěn yǒuyìsi de gùshì.

WORDS 意

The airport in Shanghai is extra big.

上海的机场非常大。

Shànghǎi de jīchǎng fēicháng dà.

UP AND DOWN WORDS 机

The situation in his family is complicated.

他家里的情况很复杂。

Tā jiāli de qíngkuàng hěn fùzá.

SIMPLE - COMPLICATED 家 FAMILY 情 EMOTIONS

See the animation below. Even long attributes such as “people, WHO WANT TO GO TO CHINA” are in front of a described word and are connected with 的 /de/

First sentence is 他想去中国 /Tā xiǎng qù Zhōngguó/ HE WANTS TO GO TO CHINA.

Second sentence is 想去中国的人很多 /Xiǎng qù Zhōngguó de rén hěnduō/ PEOPLE, WHO WANT TO GO TO CHINA, ARE MANY = THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GO TO CHINA.