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- <p>You can easily convert Chinese adjectives into adverbs with 地 (de). This character is very similar to the English <a href="Suffixes" title="wikilink">suffix</a> <em>-ly</em>.</p>
- <h2 id="structure">Structure</h2>
- <p>In Chinese, we place the structural particle 地 (de) after the adjective to make it an adverb.</p>
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- <p>Subj. + Adj. + 地 + Verb</p>
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- <h2 id="examples">Examples</h2>
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- <li>你 要 <em>认真</em> <strong>地</strong> 学习。<span class="pinyin">Nǐ yào <em>rènzhēn</em> <strong>de</strong> xuéxí.</span><span class="trans">You must study seriously.</span></li>
- <li>爷爷 <em>慢慢</em> <strong>地</strong> 走路。<span class="pinyin">Yéyé <em>màn man</em> <strong>de</strong> zǒulù.</span><span class="trans">Grandpa walks slowly.</span></li>
- <li>我们 <em>舒服</em> <strong>地</strong> 躺 在 那里。<span class="pinyin">Wǒmen <em>shūfu</em> <strong>de</strong> tǎng zài nàlǐ.</span><span class="trans">We comfortably laid down here.</span></li>
- <li>小 狗 <em>大声</em> <strong>地</strong> 叫。 <span class="pinyin">Xiǎo gǒu <em>dàshēng</em> <strong>de</strong> jiào.</span><span class="trans">The puppy barked loudly.</span></li>
- <li>我 希 望 你 <em>健健康康</em> <strong>地</strong> 长大。<span class="pinyin">Wǒ xīwàng nǐ <em>jiàn jiàn kāng kāng</em> <strong>de</strong> zhǎng dà.</span><span class="trans">I hope that you grow up healthy.</span></li>
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- <h2 id="see-also">See Also</h2>
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- <li><a href="Structural_particle_"de"" title="wikilink">Structural particle "de"</a></li>
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- <h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2>
- <h3 id="books">Books</h3>
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- <li><a href="Basic_Patterns_of_Chinese_Grammar" title="wikilink">Basic Patterns of Chinese Grammar</a> (pp. 72) <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933330899/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=1933330899">→buy</a></li>
- <li><a href="Integrated_Chinese:_Level_2,_Part_1" title="wikilink">Integrated Chinese: Level 2, Part 1</a> (pp. 192) <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0887276792/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0887276792">→buy</a></li>
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- <p><a href="Category:B1_grammar_points" title="wikilink">Category:B1 grammar points</a> <a href="Category:Adjectives" class="uri" title="wikilink">Category:Adjectives</a> <a href="Category:Adverbs" class="uri" title="wikilink">Category:Adverbs</a></p>
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