L4 - How do you practice Chinese? 你怎么练习中文?
- How do you practice Chinese? 你怎么练习中文?
- 练习 liànxí - to practice
- 得 - děi must, have to
- 得 de - used between a verb and
- 写字 xiě zì - to write character
- 有时候 yǒu shí hòu - sometimes
- 慢 màn - slow
- 快 kuài - fast
- 难 nán - hard
- 容易 róng yì - easy
- 有意思 yǒu yì si - interesting
- 怎么 zěn me - how
- 帮 bāng - to help
- 进步 jìnbù - improve
- Grammar
- 得 (děi) have to, need to
- 得 + Verb means have to do something even the person is not 100% willing to. The negation is 不用 不用 means “not necessary, no need to do.”
- 我明天得去打工,可是我今天不用去打工。Wǒ míngtiān děi qù dǎgōng, kěshì wǒ jīntiān búyòng qù dǎgōng.
- 我明天得回家做饭,可是我今天不用回家做饭。Wǒ míngtiān děi huíjiā zuòfàn, kěshì wǒ jīntiān búyòng huíjiā zuòfàn.
- Degree of Complement Sentences
- 得(de) is used in between a Verb and an adv/ adj to describe how the action is performed. Sentence pattern for the degree of an action is performed are as follows:
- Subject + Verb 得 adv + adj.
- 你的中文说得很好。Nǐde zhōngwén shuō de hěn hǎo.
- 我的英文说得不太好。Wǒde yīngwén shuō de bú tài hǎo.
- 你的英文进步得很快。Nǐde yīngwén jìnbù de hěnkuài.
- Subject + Verb Objective (V.O.) + Verb 得 adv + adj
- 他开车开得很快。Tā kāichē kāi de hěn kuài.
- 他吃饭吃得很慢 。Tā chīfàn chī de hěn màn.
- 我妈妈做饭做得很好。Wǒ māma zuò fàn zuò de hěn hǎo.
- 怎么 + Verb is used to ask how to do something.
- 你怎么练习中文? Nǐ zěnme liànxí zhōngwén?
- 你怎么去学校? Nǐ zěnme qù xuéxiào?
- 你怎么做中国菜? Nǐ zěnme zuò zhōngguó cài?