1. The Possessive Particle 的 The Possessive Particle 的 is used after the first pronoun/noun to demonstrate ownership.
2. Adjectives:The Descriptive Particle 的 Chinese adjective always comes before the noun or pronoun in the sentence. It is usually followed by The Descriptive Particle 的. If there are several 的 in one sentence, some of them can be omitted.
3. Adjectives: Comparative and superlative adjectives + 的 A Comparative adjective is used to compare two nouns. A superlative adjective compares three or more nouns.
4. 的 - Adjectives: Reduplication A monosyllabic adjective can be reduplicated. When it used as a predicate or a complement, 的 should follow it. This is also known as Chinese AA Pattern.
5. 的 - Verbal equivalents In Chinese, Verbal equivalents + 的 can be used as adjective before the noun it modifies. The word orders are different between English and Chinese.
6. Certainty：会/一定会 ... 的 的 can be used as a modal particle to emphasize 'certainty' of a future event. It is used in a sentence with 会/一定会 to reassure the listener.
7. "If":...的话 的话 can be put at the end of a phrase to express the meaning of "if". It can be used independently, or with 如果, both meaning "if".
8. "things like"：之类的 之类的 can be translated as "things like that".
9. "As if"：像...似的 像...似的 can be translated as "like/ as if". 似的 is an auxiliary word, and is used after noun, pronoun, or verb. This character can be pronounced shì or sì.
10. "rather":挺/满...(的) 挺/满 can be used to mean "quite", "rather" or "pretty much". An optional modal particle 的 can be used in this structure.
11. Adverbial clauses: 的时候 The adverbial clause 的时候 always occurs before the main clause.
12. Situational 的：本来是...的 本来是...的 means "originally". Situational 的 appears in this emphatic construction, There is no other word after 的.
13. 的 - Relative clauses In English, relative clauses are clauses starting with the relative pronouns such as who, that, which, whose, where, when. Unlike English, Chinese has no relative pronouns. Instead, the particle 的 is used to connect the relative clause with the noun. In Chinese, a relative clause appears before the noun. In English, a relative clause follows the noun.
14. 的 - "of":A of B = B的A In English, the word "of" means 的 in Chinese. but the word orders are different. A of B = B的A
