Using "de" (modal particle)
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."
Contents
- 1 Structure
- 2 Examples
- 3 See also
- 4 Sources and further reading
Structure
Statement + 的
Frequently, the statement will include 会 (huì) or 一定会 (yīdìng huì) to emphasize the speaker's certainty.
Examples
- 他 会 好 的 。
Tā huì hǎo de.
He will get better.
- 你 可以 的 。
Nǐ kěyǐ de.
You can do this.
- 她 一定 会 来 的 。
Tā yīdìng huì lái de.
She's definitely coming.
- 我们 能 搞定 的 。
Wǒmen néng gǎodìng de.
We can fix this.
- 他 不 会 道歉 的 。
Tā bù huì dàoqiàn de.
He's not going to apologize.
- 这个 地方 我们 来 过 的 。
Zhège dìfang wǒmen lái guo de.
We've been here before.
- 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?
- 我 不 会 骗 你 的 。
Wǒ bù huì piàn nǐ de.
I won't lie to you.
- 你们 会 成功 的 。
Nǐmen huì chénggōng de.
You will succeed.
- 你 的 建议 我们 会 考虑 的 。
Nǐ de jiànyì wǒmen huì kǎolǜ de.
We will consider your suggestion.
See also
- Shi... de construction
- Structural particle (part of speech)
- De (structural particle)
Sources and further reading
Books