- 📚語言學｜學語言📚 Many Taiwanese have trouble distinguishing the following three characters 的, 得, 地 (all pronounced as de in Mandarin). Actually, we can differentiate these three easily based on their syntactic position. The particle 的 (de) is usually preceded by adjectival words and used to modify a noun as in (1). (1) 一朵美麗的花 (yì duǒ měilì de huā) 'a beautiful flower' The particle 得 (de) follows the verb and precedes the verb complement as in (2). (2) 他吃得很慢 (Tā chī dé hěn màn.) 'He eats slowly.' The particle 地 (de) follows the adverb and precedes the verb as in (3). (3) 他難過地離開了。 (Tā nánguò de líkāi.) 'He sadly left.' #語言學 #學語言 #語言 #學校沒教的中文 #linguistics #language #languagelearning 📍Icons made by freepik from www.flaticon.com