主谓词组作定语 (……的 + 名词)

zhǔ-wèi cízǔ zuò dìngyǔ (……de + míngcí)

Lessons 16, 23, 27, 28 and 29: Subject-predicate phrase as an attributive

When a subject-predicate phrase comes before a noun as a modifier, 的 must be added.

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你要的那本书我给你买到了。

Nǐ yào de nà běn shū wǒ gěi nǐ mǎi dào le.

I've bought the book you wanted for you.

Explanation

When a subject-predicate phrase serves as an attributive (modifier), 的 must be added: subject-predicate phrase + 的 + noun. In English this structure corresponds to a relative clause: 我住的那个宿舍楼 = "the dormitory building (that) I live in"; 我们现在学的词 = "the words (that) we are learning now".

Structure

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    A subject-predicate phrase used as an attributive must have 的.

    • 田芳借给你的那本书你看完了没有?

      Tián Fāng jiè gěi nǐ de nà běn shū nǐ kàn wán le méiyǒu?

      Have you finished the book that Tian Fang lent you?

    • 我们现在学的词大概有一千多个。

      Wǒmen xiànzài xué de cí dàgài yǒu yìqiān duō ge.

      We are learning more than a thousand words at the moment.

    • 你要的那本书我给你买到了。

      Nǐ yào de nà běn shū wǒ gěi nǐ mǎi dào le.

      I've bought the book you wanted for you.

    • 我住的那个宿舍楼不太安静。

      Wǒ zhù de nàge sùshè lóu bú tài ānjìng.

      The dormitory building I live in is not very quiet.

    • 你住的地方有书店吗?

      Nǐ zhù de dìfang yǒu shūdiàn ma?

      Is there a bookstore where you live?

    • 你按医生开的药方买药了没有?

      Nǐ àn yīshēng kāi de yàofāng mǎi yào le méiyǒu?

      Have you bought the medicine according to the prescription the doctor wrote?

    • 看看你买的光盘吧。

      Kànkan nǐ mǎi de guāngpán ba.

      Take a look at the disc you bought.

    • 我们住的地方有地铁站。

      Wǒmen zhù de dìfang yǒu dìtiě zhàn.

      There is a subway station where we live.

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