When to use '的'?
I don't quite understand when to use '的' and when not to. I understand that i的 is the possessive article but its use doesn't seem consistent. Like Pimsleur says that '你家里有几个人?' means something like 'How many people are in your family?', but I don't understand why it isn't '你的家里有几个人?''.
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谢谢。 If I come across other examples I'll post them. I just thought it odd because in this case the narrator made a point of saying that the '的' was omitted.
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in this case "你的家里" is also correct, but it's often omitted when we talk :-) Maybe you could list some other examples and we will discuss about it further.
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