Sentence pattern · Band 2
的 before a noun: any description hooks on with 的
描述 + 的 + 名词
Anything you want to say about a noun rides in front of it, and 的 is the hook: red 的 car, the book I bought, the person who drives. English flips some of these around, who drives after the person; Mandarin lines every description up before the noun, closes with 的 and lets the noun take the bow.
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The description rides in front with 的 glued to its heel; the noun closes the phrase, always.
是 plus 的 spotlight finished details; a plain opinion about a thing takes no 是 and no 了.
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What does 的：修饰名词 mean?
Anything you want to say about a noun rides in front of it, and 的 is the hook: red 的 car, the book I bought, the person who drives. English flips some of these around, who drives after the person; Mandarin lines every description up before the noun, closes with 的 and lets the noun take the bow.
How do you build it?
描述 + 的 + 名词
What is the most common mistake?
车红色的。 → 红色的车。
The description rides in front with 的 glued to its heel; the noun closes the phrase, always.
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