grammar → 的
TSUMUGU · TBCL 1 (est.) · 語法
的 grammar point · tier 3
· de
Attributive: binds a modifier to the noun it describes.

字源 FORM what the parts do

的 ties whatever comes before it onto the noun behind.

故事 STORY a scene to remember it by

A knot of string fastens the label to the box.
自撰記憶法
框 · Frame
[modifier] 的 [noun]
例 · Examples
1這是我的書。
This is my book.
族 · Family
…的the N that does VP.…的what it does, makes, or discusses.…的…A quality word (stative verb) sits before a noun to name it by that quality, with 的 as the linker between them.…的The noun after 的 is left out when context already names it; 的 then stands for it: 藍的 = the blue one.的kin and one's own institutions. 我媽媽, 我們學校, 你朋友.地Pins a quality word in front of a verb as the manner the action is carried out.的Possessive: A 的 B marks B as belonging to A.在…的…A place-phrase (在 + place-word) sits before 的 and turns into a modifier picking out the noun behind it: the N that is at that place.