▎的, de, (Ptc), to Mark Assurance, co-occurring often with 會huì (Vaux) (4)

 

Function When 的 is used at the end of a sentence, it indicates the speaker’s assurance about something to take place in the future. 會 co-occurs and expresses the likelihood of an action or a state.

1 你說話的聲音太大，會讓人討厭的。

Nǐ shuōhuà de shēngyīn tài dà, huì ràng rén tǎoyàn de.

You speak very loud; other people might find it annoying.

2 大家不常見面，關係會越來越遠的。

Dàjiā bù cháng jiànmiàn, guānxi huì yuèláiyuè yuǎn de.

(If) we don’t see one another often, our relationships will become more and more distant.

3 你放心，我會把手機帶著的。

Nǐ fàngxīn, wǒ huì bǎ shǒujī dàizhe de.

Don’t worry, I will take my phone with me.

 

Structures

Negation：Only 不 negation is used in this pattern. 沒 is not allowed.

1 你放心，你被老闆罵的事，我不會告訴別人的。

Nǐ fàngxīn, nǐ bèi lǎobǎn mà de shì, wǒ bú huì gàosù biérén de.

Don’t worry. I won’t tell anybody about what the boss laced into you for.

2 我的功課沒那麼好，老師不會讓我參加交換學生的計畫的。

Wǒ de gōngkè méi nàme hǎo, lǎoshī bú huì ràng wǒ cānjiā jiāohuàn xuéshēng de jìhuà de.

My grades are not that strong, the teacher won’t allow me to take part in the exchange student program.

3 要是沒有教書的經驗，語言中心不會選你的。

Yàoshi méi yǒu jiāoshū de jīngyàn, yǔyán zhōngxīn bú huì xuǎn nǐ de.

If you don’t have any teaching experience, the language center will not select you.

 

Usage 的 in this pattern indicates the speaker’s assurance of the instance. Without a final 的, then the sentence is only a factual statement without personal commitment. Compare the following examples.

1 她會來參加我們的婚禮的。(I assure you...)

Tā huì lái cānjiā wǒmen de hūnlǐ de.

She will surely come attend our wedding.

2 她會來參加我們的婚禮。 (plain statement)

Tā huì lái cānjiā wǒmen de hūnlǐ.

She will come attend our wedding.