Chinese Grammar│的 de (2)

 



Introduce:Chinese Grammar│的 de (2)
In Chinese Grammar│的 de (1), we share the way to use「的 de」.
In this post, we share when we shouldn't use /can omit「的 de」.

When "should not" use「的 de」?
1) don't add「的 de」after measure word
e.g. a apple
       一個-蘋[个苹]果
       one-apple
       yī gè-píng guǒ

e.g. a apple

       一個--蘋果 (wrong)
       one-apple
       yī gè-de-píng guǒ (wrong)

2) don't add「的 de」after the adjective which is a single Chinese character
e.g. good friend
       好-朋友
       good-friend
       hǎo-péng yǒu

       
-朋友 (wrong)
       good-friend
       hǎo de-péng yǒu 

e.g. friendly friend
       友善的-朋友
       friendly-friend
       yǒu shàn de-péng yǒu


When "can"「的 de」be omitted? 
Usage 1:For relation between people
e.g. My mom;
       我-媽媽
        I-mom
       wǒ-mā ma

e.g. Their manager;
       他們-經[]理
       they-manager
       tā men-jīng lǐ

Usage 2:For nature of things or stuffs
e.g. Wooden house;
       木頭[]-房子
       Wood-house
       mù tou-fán gzi

e.g. Glass table;
       玻璃-桌子
       Glass-table
       bō lí-zhuō zi

Usage 3:after ownership 
You can omit「的 de」between add the ownership

e.g. My cup is broken
       我-杯子-破了
       my-cup-broken
       wǒ-bēi zi-pò le

If there are plural「的 de」for 
ownership in sentence ,we cannot omit the final「的 de」.

e.g. 
The son of my dad's friend is my boyfriend.
我-爸爸-朋友--兒[]子-是-我的-男朋友
I-dad-friend-son-is-my-boyfriend
wǒ-bà ba-péng yǒu-de-ér zi-shì-wǒ de-nán péng yǒu

Usage 4:you can omit any「的 de」,once you are talking about position of stuffs.
a) Under my table
    在-我
-桌子--下面
    locate-my-table-of-down
    zài-wǒ de-zhuō zi-de-xià miàn

b) Under my table

    在-我
-桌子--下面
    locate-I-table-of-down
    zài-wǒ-zhuō zi-de-xià miàn

c) Under my table

    在--子-下面
    locate-my-table-down
    zài-wǒ de-zhuō zi-xià miàn

d) Under my table

     在-我-桌子-下面

     locate-I-table-down
     zài-wǒ-zhuō zi-xià miàn

Below example cannot omit「的 de」because this「的 de」is to connect adjective and noun instead of position of table. 
 Under my most beautiful table
 在-我-最-漂亮-桌子-下面

 locate-I-most beautiful-table-down
 zài-wǒ-zuì-piào liang de-zhuō zi-xià miàn


Usage 5:People accustom to use this way.
There is no rule for omit「的 de」for this classification.
It depends o
n if people accustom to use like this way

e.g. Popular music;
       流行-音樂[乐];
       popular-music
       liú xíng-yīn yuè


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