▎的, de, (Ptc), with the Head Noun Omitted (3)

 

Function Nouns are always modified using this structure: modifier 的＋head noun. When the head noun is clear from the context, it is usually omitted.

1 A：你要買新手機還是舊手機？

Nǐ yào mǎi xīn shǒujī háishì jiù shǒujī?

Do you want to buy a new cell phone or an old one?

B：我要新的，不要舊的。

Wǒ yào xīn de, bú yào jiù de.

I want a new one. I don’t want an old one.

2 A：新手機貴不貴？

Xīn shǒujī guì bú guì?

Are new cell phones expensive?

B：新的比較貴。

Xīn de bǐjiào guì.

New ones cost more.

 

Structures

Negation：

1 你的手機不是新的。

Nǐ de shǒujī bú shì xīn de.

Your cell phone is not new.

2 咖啡，我不要熱的。

Kāfēi, wǒ bú yào rè de.

Coffee, I don’t want a hot one.

3 房子貴，我不買大的。

Fángzi guì, wǒ bù mǎi dà de.

Houses are expensive. I won’t buy a large one.

Questions：

1 房子，你喜歡新的嗎？

Fángzi, nǐ xǐhuān xīn de ma?

House, do you like a new one?

2 手機，他買不買舊的？

Shǒujī, tā mǎi bù mǎi jiù de?

Cell phone, will he buy an old one?

3 咖啡，你要熱的嗎？

Kāfēi, nǐ yào rè de ma?

Coffee, do you want a cup of hot one?