The Possessive 的
My, your, his... everything is said with 的
Possessing with 的
的 (de) marks possession: what precedes possesses what follows. One small word replaces "my, your, his, of the, from the"...
Possessor + 的 + Noun
When you can omit 的
With family and very close relationships, 的 often disappears: the relationship is so natural that it is not marked.
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