one

English:

one

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General chinese:

个/的*

poj/pinyin:

ê/de

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definitions

particle

  1. suffixed to the attributive form of a possessive pronoun (e.g. my, your, her, etc.) or a noun in possessive form (-'s) to use it predicatively (equivalent to e.g. mine, yours, hers, etc.), even if both forms would be the same in English (e.g. his, whose, anybody's, etc.)
  2. This laptop is mine.
    → This laptop is my one.

  3. used at the end of a sentence to highlight or emphasize it
  4. You anyhow chut pattern for sure will get into trouble one, I tell you.

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  5. used at the end of a sentence to highlight or indicate an origin
  6. Is the gahmen say one hor, not I say one.

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  7. used at the end of a verb or adjective phrase as a nominalizer (to turn it into a noun phrase)
  8. The just now making such a big noise one is who ah?

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