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

He is my friend.

他是我的朋友。

<Tā shì wǒde péngyǒu.>

His Chinese is more fluent than mine.

他的中文比我的流利。

Tā de Zhōngwén bǐ wǒ de liúlì.

COMPARING

At what time does your plane take off?

你们的飞机几点起飞？

Nǐmen de fēijī jǐ diǎn qǐfēi?

几 / HOW MANY? VEHICLES

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

Today at eight in the morning I start my 8 hours shift.

我今天早上八点上八个小时的班。

Wǒ jīntiān zǎoshang bā diǎn shàng bā gè xiǎoshí de bān.

DAY PHASES DAYS O'CLOCK UP AND DOWN

I wanna show you one nice thing.

我想给你看一个很好看的东西。

Wǒ xiǎng gěi nǐ kàn yīge hěn hǎokàn de dōngxi.

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

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.