谁的【shéi de】

whose, belongs to whom, possession question, shei de

HSK 1

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Structure

谁的 + [noun]？ [noun] + 是谁的？

Description

谁的 asks whose something is. It is 谁 plus the possessive 的, and it sits either before the noun or at the end after 是.

？

Whose book is this?

？

Whose is this book?

The two orders differ only in emphasis. The second one leaves 的 with no noun after it, which is normal – 谁的 on its own means "whose one".

Answering

The answer copies the shape of the question and usually drops the noun.

。

It's mine.

。

It's the teacher's.

No 吗

is wrong. The question word does the work.

谁的 against 谁

谁 asks which person; 谁的 asks which person owns it.

？

Who is he?

？

Whose bag is this?

Examples

？

Whose phone is this?

？

Whose book is that?

？

Whose photos are these?

？

Whose homework hasn't been handed in?

？

Whose umbrella is this?

。

It's mine.

，。

This is the teacher's, not mine.

？

Whose are the keys on the table?

？

Whose room is the biggest?

？

Whose bicycle is that?

？

Whose seat is this?

。

I don't know whose this is.

References

Expressing possession with "de"resources.allsetlearning.com

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