TSUMUGU · TBCL 1 (est.) · 語法
的
grammar point · tier 1 · possessive 的 (A 的 B = A's B)
· de
Possessive: A 的 B marks B as belonging to A.
Hook inherited from 的.
Possessive
框 · Frame
[owner] 的 [thing]
觸 · Trigger
You want to say a thing belongs to someone.
序 · The move
1name the owner firstwho does it belong to?
2owner + 的owner before 的, never after?
3the thing owned comes after 的is the thing the head noun?
4drop 的 only with close kin or one's own institutionis this 我媽媽 / 我們公司 territory?
例 · Examples
1這是爸爸dad的's鞋子shoes。
These are dad's shoes.
界 · Boundary
的 (attributive)Possession is one job of the same linker; the attributive ties any modifier to a noun (紅的書), possession ties an owner to what is owned (我的書).
「的」省略Close kin and one's own institutions drop the linker: 我媽媽, 我們學校. Everything else keeps it.
thing before owner: 鞋子的爸爸 → 爸爸的鞋子
missing linker: 我書 → 我的書
kept where it drops: 我的媽媽 → 我媽媽
English splits possession into 's and "of" (dad's shoes / the shoes of dad); both map to one 的, owner always before it.