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得 is used to describe how you do the verb generally, whilst 地 is used to describe how the verb is being done at that moment.EG.I am good at swimming uses 得 since it is a general statement.He's swimming so...

的 is used to make things possessive, we usually do this by adding 's on the end in english. For example: 王老师的狗- Mr Wang's dog, 我的朋友的汽车-my friend's car. I...

In English, the copular verb 'is' is used to link the subject to the predicate. For example in the sentence: The girl is smart, the copular verb 'is' is required to indicate that the adjective 'smart' is ...

One of the differences between Chinese and English grammar is that in Chinese, we do not use 'tenses' in the same way as in English. In other word, there is no such things as 'ed,' 'has' 'had,' 'shall be,...

This is a common question, as in English we generally same someone plays a sport, but the verbs vary in Mandarin. An easy way to remember the correct verb for the corresponding sport is t...