Chinese Online Lesson: He speaks fast
When we wanna say that someone speaks well, runs fast, speaks slow etc., we need to know how to express so called verb complement – that is the subject of this lesson.
MORE ON GRAMMAR HERE – VERB COMPLEMENT
得 <de> PARTICLE to stick verb and the “quality of the verb”
她工作得很慢。[mp3j flow=”y” track=”http://chineseffect.com/audio/0402/0402tagongzuodehenman.mp3″ title=””]
<Tā gōngzuò de hěn màn.>
She works _de slow.
SHE WORKS SLOW.
她工作得很快。[mp3j flow=”y” track=”http://chineseffect.com/audio/0402/0402tagongzuodehenkuai.mp3″ title=””]
<Tā gōngzuò de hěn kuài.>
She works _de fast.
when there is an object, we need to say the verb once more
他说汉语说得很好。[mp3j flow=”y” track=”http://chineseffect.com/audio/0402/0402tashuohanyushuodehenhao.mp3″ title=””]
<Tā shuō hànyǔ shuō de hěn hǎo.>
He speaks Chinese speaks _de well.
HE SPEAKS CHINESE WELL.
他说汉语说得怎么样?[mp3j flow=”y” track=”http://chineseffect.com/audio/0402/0402tashuohanyushuodezenmeyang.mp3″ title=””]
<Tā shuō hànyǔ shuō de zěnme yàng?>
He speaks Chinese speaks _de how?
HOW DOES HE SPEAK CHINESE?
他说汉语说得很快。[mp3j flow=”y” track=”http://chineseffect.com/audio/0402/0402tashuohanyushuodehenkuai.mp3″ title=””]
<Tā shuō hànyǔ shuō de hěn kuài.>
He speaks Chinese speaks _de fast.
You already know the sentence: I CAN’T SEE YOU.
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我看不到你。[mp3j flow=”y” track=”http://chineseffect.com/audio/0402/0402wokanbudaoni.mp3″ title=””]
<Wǒ kàn bu dào nǐ.>[/expand]
Translate: I CAN’T SEE MY WALLET.
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我看不到我的钱包。[mp3j flow=”y” track=”http://chineseffect.com/audio/0402/0402wokanbudaowodeqianbao.mp3″ title=””]
<Wǒ kàn bu dào wǒ de qiánbāo.>[/expand]
in the positive sentence: I CAN SEE YOU, we use 得 <de>
我看得到他。[mp3j flow=”y” track=”http://chineseffect.com/audio/0402/0402wokandedaota.mp3″ title=””]
<Wǒ kàn de dào tā.>
I to look de arrive he.
I CAN SEE HIM.