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
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
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.
EXAMPLES: LONG ATTRIBUTES