Waching daily Aug 31 2017

Hello everyone, welcome to my channel.

Today we are going to talk about "的", "地" and "得"

If you don't know there are three "de's"

You must be thinking "What the hell???"

Yes, their pronunciations are exactly same

But they are used differently

So I will indroduce them one by one

I saw many articles and videos about how people teach and explain these three "de's"

I think they made things too complicated

It's easy to get confused for learners

I think it's too hard in that way

So I am going to simplify them

All you need to do is remember three structures

But if you have learned a lot

This video is not enough for you

But I will teach more details in the future

Now I am gonna teach elementary and intermediate students the main structures of three "de's"

The first one, "de" with "bai(white)"radical

"de" with "bai(white)"radical, it's followed by a noun

Remember this structure

"的" is followed by a noun

Ok, let's look some examples

My hair

My hair

"Hair" is a noun, right?

Yes, so it's the "de" with "bai(white)"radical

Next one, beautiful landscape

"Landscape" is a noun right?

So it also accords with this structure

So it should be the "de" with "bai(white)"radical

The third example

Beijing's air

"Air" is also a noun right?

So it's the "de" with "bai(white)"radical

Remember these three examples

The "de" with "bai(white)"radical is followed by a noun

Ok, the second one

Let's look the "de" with "tu(earth)"radical

The "de" with "tu(earth)"radical, it's followed by a verb

Remember the "de" with "tu(earth)"radical is followed by a verb

We will still give three examples

The first one, happilly laugh

Happily laugh

"Laugh" is a verb

So here we use the "de" with "tu(earth)"radical

The second example

slowly eat

"Eat" is also a verb

The third example, carefully listen

"Listen" is also a verb, right?

So look at these three examples

"to laugh", "to eat", "to listen"

The "de" with "tu(earth)"radical is followed by a verb

Remember this

Right, let's look at the third one

The third one is the "de" with "chi(step)"radical

The "de" with "chi(step)"radical follows a verb

The verb is in front of it

While the verb is behind the "de" with "tu(earth)"radical right?

But the verb is in front of the "de" with "chi(step)"radical

Right, let's look some examples

speak too fast

"speak" is a verb

play happily

"play" is a verb

do very well

"do" is a verb

Right? They all accord with the rule

The verb is in front of the "de" with "chi(step)"radical

Ok, let's do a quiz now

Fill the blanks with these three "de's"

I didn't do my homework well today because I didn't listen caredully in class

Are there three de's? Fill the blanks now

Ok let's have a look

My homework, what type of word is "homework"?

"Homework" is a noun right? So it must be the "de" with "bai(white)"radical

Ok move on

Didn't do well, "do" is a verb right?

So we need to fill it with the "de" with "chi(step)"radical here

Because I didn't listen carefully

Listen carefully, "listen" is a verb

So we need to fill the "de" with "tu(earth)"radical before it

Ok now let's summarize a little bit

How do you choose them to fill blanks

First of all, see if the word behind the blank is a noun

If it is a noun, it must be the "de" with "bai(white)"radical

Secondly, if it isn't a noun

Then see if the word behind it or in front of it is a verb

If the word in front of it is a verb, then it's the "de" with "chi(step)"radical

If the word behind it is a verb, then it's the "de" with "tu(earth)"radical

Doesn't it sound easy?

Well I hope this video is helpful for you

See you next time byee