地, 得 or 的?

zoollah

August 08, 2011, 02:29 AM posted in I Have a Question

I wish someone could clearly explain to me the distinction between the verb and noun modifiers (I hope this is the proper name): 地 ,得 and 的. Even though, they are all pronounced the same, it seems to matter a lot which one is used in writing.

的 is the easiest one but my major difficulty has been to figure out what it is the difference in using 地 vs. 得.

Thanks!

xiaophil

August 08, 2011, 02:39 AM

I think this has been discussed in one of the earlier 'I have a question' posts, if you are willing to wade through them.

I did a google search and it looked fruitful:

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=%E5%9C%B0+%2C%E5%BE%97+and+%E7%9A%84#sclient=psy&hl=en&source=hp&q=%E5%9C%B0+%2C%E5%BE%97+and+%E7%9A%84%2C+what's+the+difference%3F&pbx=1&oq=%E5%9C%B0+%2C%E5%BE%97+and+%E7%9A%84%2C+what's+the+difference%3F&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=21031l26944l0l27153l24l20l0l0l0l0l357l4256l0.7.11.1l19l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=1c7003dde180d7e8&biw=1280&bih=673

I perused, and I think this might give you your answers:

http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/3114-grammar-3-%E7%9A%84%E5%BE%97%E5%9C%B0/

rags

August 08, 2011, 03:24 PM

1. 修饰限制+“的”+名词 
2. 修饰限制+“地”+动词
3. 动词（形容词）+“得”+补充说明

for a beginner of studying mandarin, I think no need to figure out what's the exactly difference.

zoollah

August 09, 2011, 10:04 PM

Thanks!

he2xu4

August 09, 2011, 11:05 PM

These go into more detail (I cannot vouch for the accuracy):

http://people.ucalgary.ca/~wcai/chinesegrammar/content2.html

http://chinesenotes.com/grammar.php

Also, I've been reading "Chinse: An Essential Grammar", which goes into full gory detail the differences, which rags described in a nutshell. I'd recommend the book if you want to really get into it. But only the 2nd edition as the first does not include Chinese characters in the examples, just pinyin.