Natural Chinese > courses > Language Points and Exercise > Declarative sentence/陈述句 with “的,了,吧,呢”

的:indicates possession

eg. 这是我们的。


了(le):used after an adjective or adverb to show an action finished.

eg. 买了/have bought.

吃了/have eaten.


吧vs呢

吧:particle, used at the end of a sentence to show someone’s agreement, guess,order,or request.

我们送她一本小说吧!

我们走路去吧!

你问吧!

呢:used at the end of a question to show doubt, at the end of a statement to show a mood(particle), a going on action or a pause.

你在做什么呢?(question)

吃饭呢!(mood)

他还没有来呢!(particle)

我呢,就不去了!(pause)