第二十六天

[nnozomi]

今早醒来的时候，有了非常多评论，好惊讶好开心。。。我现在忙坏了，以后肯定会回复！

以前，before (a given time) (opposite of 以后）
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Before_a_specific_time_with_%22yiqian%22

Like 以后 this one seems to be used on its own more often than not.
Guardian:
谁知道呢，也许以前真的见过吧。(You've met him before, Shen Wei, but he hasn't met you yet.)
以前的事情我也不是很清楚。(以前 as an adjective, I guess?)
特调处跟以前不一样了. (The SID is no longer the same as it was before.)

My practice:
我以前每天都吃了巧克力，现在在禁巧克力中 (I know this is absolutely not real Chinese)
交货期两个小时以前才提出了工作。

Novel practice! 的地得de~

[presumenothing]

(If you heard those "de"s to the tune of Symphony No. 5 then yes that is 100% correct.)

Anyway! Following the sidetrack into 的、地、得 the other day I thought it might be fun (……to me, at least) to shake down the Guardian novel in a dark alley and see how many use cases fall out. Somehow that turned into this?

So: a fill-in-the-blanks exercise plus examples-by-use-case list! Courtesy of 镇魂 chapter 38 (aka midway through the Wang Zheng road trip arc, which I'm reading from here since it's still locked on JJWXC) and a random number generator.

有兴趣的话就来试试看吧！加油！ (probably-unhelpful hint: 的 will be the correct answer in most cases anyway.)

的、地、得: the exercise

Answers are spoilered between the brackets (highlight to see); […] indicates omitted text. ETA: Added underlines to mark out the phrases in question, so it'll (hopefully) be easier to parse/look up!

Some short phrases for starters…

斩魂使（的）脸依然云山雾绕看不见 […]

赵云澜顿了一下，缓缓（地）说：“死亡面前。”

赵云澜用力揉了揉眉心，哑声说：“还好，就是臭丫头这药下（得）没轻没重的，我头晕了一天了。”

( more practice (here a de, there a de) )

的、地、得: answers grouped by use case

ETA: Translations added! Erring generally on the literal side, with some idiomatic notes for clarity.

( ft. my non-knowledge of proper grammar terms )

Feel free to put any questions in the comments and I'll 尽力 to clarify with my less-than-rigorous grammar knowledge! Or general thoughts. Like whether Zhao Yunlan makes homework any better idk.