<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:epub="http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops"> <head> <title>Using "de" (modal particle)</title> <link href="../Styles/main.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/> </head> <body> <h1>Using "de" (modal particle) </h1> <p> The particle 的 (de) is most often a structural particle, but it can also be a sentence-final particle which indicates that the speaker is certain about what he is saying. When it serves this purpose, it's expressing a type of "mood" and thus is called a "modal particle." </p> <h2>Contents</h2> <div class="contents"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">1 Structure </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">2 Examples </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">3 See also </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">4 Sources and further reading </span></li> <ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">4.1 Books</span></li> </ul> </ul> </div> <h3>Structure</h3> <div class="deux">Statement + 的</div> <p>Frequently, the statement will include 会 (huì) or 一定会 (yīdìng huì) to emphasize the speaker's certainty.</p> <h3>Examples</h3> <div class="exemple"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">他 会 好 的 。 Tā huì hǎo de. He will get better. </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">你 可以 的 。 Nǐ kěyǐ de. You can do this. </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">她 一定 会 来 的 。 Tā yīdìng huì lái de. She's definitely coming. </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">我们 能 搞定 的 。 Wǒmen néng gǎodìng de. We can fix this. </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">他 不 会 道歉 的 。 Tā bù huì dàoqiàn de. He's not going to apologize. </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">这个 地方 我们 来 过 的 。 Zhège dìfang wǒmen lái guo de. We've been here before. </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">我 跟 你 说 过 的 ，你 不 记得 了 ？ Wǒ gēn nǐ shuō guo de, nǐ bù jìde le? I've told you this before. Do you not remember? </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">我 不 会 骗 你 的 。 Wǒ bù huì piàn nǐ de. I won't lie to you. </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">你们 会 成功 的 。 Nǐmen huì chénggōng de. You will succeed. </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">你 的 建议 我们 会 考虑 的 。 Nǐ de jiànyì wǒmen huì kǎolǜ de. We will consider your suggestion.</span><br/></li> </ul> </div> <h3>See also</h3> <div class="See-also"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Shi... de construction </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Structural particle (part of speech) </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">De (structural particle)</span><br/></li> </ul> </div> <h3>Sources and further reading</h3> <h4>Books</h4> </body> </html>