DigMandarin Community › Forums › Difference in meaning 得 vs 地 This topic has 2 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 7 years, 10 months ago by Katherine. Viewing 2 reply threads Author Posts September 18, 2014 at 3:48 pm #196 enricobrasilParticipant What’s the difference in meaning from a [(V) + O + V + 得 + adj.] structure and an [adj. + 地 + V + O] struture? Example: – 他说话说得很慢。 – 他慢慢地说话。 谢谢! =) September 23, 2014 at 3:20 pm #204 CaoJingParticipant 的 de the marker of noun modification, eg 老师的书 lǎo shī de shū teacher’s book 地 de the marker of pre-verbal modification of activity, verbs eg 慢慢地走 màn màn de zǒu slowly walk 得 de (1)the marker of post-verbal modification of activity verbs, eg 跳得高 tiào de gāo jump highly (2)the marker of extent modification of sative adjectival verbs eg 他饿得走不动了。 Tā è de zǒu bú dòng le。 He is too hungry to go. July 13, 2017 at 6:37 am #810 KatherineParticipant Here is the video you can see how to distinguish 得 and 地 and There are some example sentences for you to learn how to use these three words “的”, “地’ and “得” gramatically correctly. http://www.hanbridgemandarin.com/course/demo/de-de-de Author Posts Viewing 2 reply threads You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Log In Username: Password: Keep me signed in Log In