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

How does your luggage look?

你的行李是什么样子？

Nǐ de xíngli shì shénme yàngzi?

WORDS 样

Is this yours?

这是你的吗？

Zhè shì nǐ de ma?

My computer ran out of battery.

我的电脑没有电。

Wǒ de diànnǎo méiyǒu diàn.

电 ELECTRIC

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

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

I wanna show you one interesting thing.

我想给你看一个很有意思的东西。

Wǒ xiǎng gěi nǐ kàn yīge hěn yǒuyìsi de dōngxi.

WORDS 意

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

We have to look at this problem from a new angle.

我们必须从新的角度看这个问题。

Wǒmen bìxū cóng xīnde jiǎodù kàn zhège wèntí.

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.