Sentence pattern · Band 3
看得懂 and 看不懂: can you manage it?
动词 + 得/不 + 补语
Can you manage it or not? Squeeze 得 or 不 between a verb and its result: 听得懂 means I can follow it, and 听不懂 means I cannot. The same trick builds finishing, seeing, eating it all. It is ability meeting outcome, one compact machine, and it needs no 能 and no 会.
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Mistakes people make
The object cannot squeeze between the verb and its result; finish the cannot frame first, then name the thing.
得 builds the can version and 不 builds the cannot version; the two never mix inside one frame.
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What does 可能补语：得、不 mean?
Can you manage it or not? Squeeze 得 or 不 between a verb and its result: 听得懂 means I can follow it, and 听不懂 means I cannot. The same trick builds finishing, seeing, eating it all. It is ability meeting outcome, one compact machine, and it needs no 能 and no 会.
How do you build it?
动词 + 得/不 + 补语
What is the most common mistake?
我看这本书不懂。 → 我看不懂这本书。
The object cannot squeeze between the verb and its result; finish the cannot frame first, then name the thing.
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