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GRAMMAR · STAGE 1

Possession with 的

Read the example, then arrange a sentence using the pattern.

Possessor + 的 + noun
这是我的书。Zhè shì wǒ de shū.

This is my book.

的 connects a possessor and a noun. It may be omitted in close relationships such as 我妈妈, but not arbitrarily.

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Arrange the sentence using this pattern: Possessor + 的 + noun

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