<p>The first sentence is correct. You don't need a "得" in this sentence.</p>

<p>Here I want to show you a way to maintain your express correct and beautiful.</p>

<p><strong>The key point you can check your gramma in an easy way is detecting the main branch of a sentence and then do some extensions.</strong></p>

<p>For instance:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>The main branch of "Her treatment of the guests is very
  friendly." is "Her treatment is friendly.(她的招待是友好的。)".</p>
</blockquote>

<p><strong>After clarify the main branch of a sentence, you can now add the details into your sentence, it's always a best way.</strong></p>

<p>The sentence now looks like: </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>"Her treatment <em>of the guests</em> is <em>very</em>
  friendly.(她<em>对客人的</em> 招待是 <em>很</em> 友好的)"</p>
</blockquote>

<p><strong>At last, change and delete some words, which makes your expression more fluent and direct.</strong></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>"她<em>对客人的</em> 招待是 <em>很</em> 友好的" -> "她招待客人很友好"</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Step by step, a correct and beautiful Chinese sentence is created by yourself.Is it interesting?</p>

<p>Hope my answer helps you.</p>

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Leon Tian
<blockquote>
<p>&quot;她对待客人很友好。&quot; Shouldn't it be &quot;她对待客人得很友好。&quot;?</p>
</blockquote>
<ul>
<li><p>她 (she) = subject</p>
</li>
<li><p>对待 (treats) = verb</p>
</li>
<li><p>客人 (guests) = object</p>
</li>
<li><p>很友好 (very friendly) = adverbial phrase for the verb 对待 (treats)</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>&quot;她对待客人很友好&quot; (she treats guests very friendly) is a simple SVO sentence. I presume you can tell it is a proper sentence if you read it carefully.</p>
<p>I am more concern about the fact that you don't know how to use '得'  as a verb particle that indicate the result or degree.</p>
<p>&quot;她对待客人得很友好。&quot; is incorrect use of the verb particle '得' to indicate the degree of the verb</p>
<p>The correct form is:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>[1. verb] + [2. 得] + [3. adverbial phrase that indicates degree] = [1. 对待] +[2. 得] +[3. 很友好]</p>
</blockquote>
<p>(<em>it describes the degree of the verb: 'To what degree she treats guests?'-- 'To the degree of very friendly'</em> )</p>
<blockquote>
<p>In &quot;她对待客人对待得很友好&quot;: [她对待客人] is the topic; [对待(<strong>得</strong>)很友好] is the comment</p>
<p>'how does she treat guests?' 'she treats guests (<strong>to the degree of</strong>) very friendly'</p>
</blockquote>
<p>More example:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>SVO sentence: &quot;他(S) 吃飯(V) 很快 (adv)&quot;</p>
</blockquote>
<p>~</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Topic + comment sentence: &quot;他吃飯 (topic) + 吃得很快 (comment)&quot;</p>
</blockquote>
<p>~</p>
<blockquote>
<p>break down of '吃得很快':</p>
<p>吃(v): eat</p>
<p><strong>得</strong> (verb particle: <strong>to the degree of</strong>)</p>
<p>很快(adv): very fast (adverbial phrase that describes the degree of the verb)</p>
</blockquote>

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Tang Ho
<p>In an Anki deck I downloaded, the Chinese translation of "Her treatment of the guests is very friendly." is given as "她对待客人很友好。" Shouldn't it be "她对待客人<strong>得</strong>很友好。"?</p>

<translation><grammar><usage>
Correct grammar? 她对待客人很友好。
# Correct grammar? 她对待客人很友好。

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-12-07)

In an Anki deck I downloaded, the Chinese translation of "Her treatment of the guests is very friendly." is given as "她对待客人很友好。" Shouldn't it be "她对待客人**得**很友好。"?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-12-07. Score: 3

The first sentence is correct. You don't need a "得" in this sentence.

Here I want to show you a way to maintain your express correct and beautiful.

**The key point you can check your gramma in an easy way is detecting the main branch of a sentence and then do some extensions.**

For instance:

> The main branch of "Her treatment of the guests is very
> friendly." is "Her treatment is friendly.(她的招待是友好的。)".

**After clarify the main branch of a sentence, you can now add the details into your sentence, it's always a best way.**

The sentence now looks like:

> "Her treatment *of the guests* is *very*
> friendly.(她*对客人的* 招待是 *很* 友好的)"

**At last, change and delete some words, which makes your expression more fluent and direct.**

> "她*对客人的* 招待是 *很* 友好的" -> "她招待客人很友好"

Step by step, a correct and beautiful Chinese sentence is created by yourself.Is it interesting?

Hope my answer helps you.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2018-12-07. Score: 1

> "她对待客人很友好。" Shouldn't it be "她对待客人得很友好。"?

* 她 (she) = subject
* 对待 (treats) = verb
* 客人 (guests) = object
* 很友好 (very friendly) = adverbial phrase for the verb 对待 (treats)

"她对待客人很友好" (she treats guests very friendly) is a simple SVO sentence. I presume you can tell it is a proper sentence if you read it carefully.

I am more concern about the fact that you don't know how to use '得' as a verb particle that indicate the result or degree.

"她对待客人得很友好。" is incorrect use of the verb particle '得' to indicate the degree of the verb

The correct form is:

> [1. verb] + [2. 得] + [3. adverbial phrase that indicates degree] = [1. 对待] +[2. 得] +[3. 很友好]

(*it describes the degree of the verb: 'To what degree she treats guests?'-- 'To the degree of very friendly'* )

> In "她对待客人对待得很友好": [她对待客人] is the topic; [对待(**得**)很友好] is the comment
>
> 'how does she treat guests?' 'she treats guests (**to the degree of**) very friendly'

More example:

> SVO sentence: "他(S) 吃飯(V) 很快 (adv)"

~

> Topic + comment sentence: "他吃飯 (topic) + 吃得很快 (comment)"

~

> break down of '吃得很快':
>
> 吃(v): eat
>
> **得** (verb particle: **to the degree of**)
>
> 很快(adv): very fast (adverbial phrase that describes the degree of the verb)


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