<p>The '的' in '自己的' is a possessive marker. &quot;自己&quot; = &quot;oneself&quot;; &quot;自己的&quot; = &quot;onself's&quot;</p>
<p>Some people use 的 and 地 interchangeably in the adverb role. The second 的 in the second sentence functions the same as 地 as an adverb marker</p>
<p>你要靠你自己的能力来学习中文。</p>
<p>你要靠你自己的能力来努力(的/ 地)学习中文。</p>
<p>The term '努力' itself can function as an adverb. &quot;你要靠你自己的能力去努力学习中文。&quot; would be a cleaner sentence</p>
<p>努力地 is also an adverb, but it emphasizes the manner of the action.</p>
<p><em>I personally never use 的 instead of 地 to mark an adverb.</em></p>
<p><em>Side note: I changed 来努力 to 去努力. Both are grammatical but '靠你自己的能力来' emphasizes 'with (自己的能力)' and '力去努力学习中文' emphasizes 'to (学习中文)'</em></p>

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"Some people use 的 and 地 interchangeably" just to clarify, they are WRONG to do so, right?
小奥利奥
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I speak Cantonese, writing in Standard Written Chinese so, I never use  '的 instead of 地'  in adverb role,  however, it is listed in some dictionaries. Maybe it is a regional practice
Tang Ho
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@小奥利奥 I suspect because both 的 and 地 are pronounced as / dì/ in Mandarin. People got confused and some started to use 的 instead of 地. With enough people doing that, 的 gained the function of being a variant of 地
Tang Ho
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In this case, it's actually pronounced as 'de', the neutral tone.
dan
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For a reason I can’t explain.  But in these sentences, i wanted to emphasizes 'with (自己的能力)' .
EmilyJ
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Tang Ho
<p>你要靠你自己的能力来学习中文。</p>
<p>你要靠你自己的能力来努力的学习中文。</p>
<p>The first one seemed to be correct.  But not sure about the second one if the 努力 was added correctly.</p>
<p>Any comments?</p>

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Use 的 to make a connection
# Use 的 to make a connection

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-10-31)

你要靠你自己的能力来学习中文。

你要靠你自己的能力来努力的学习中文。

The first one seemed to be correct. But not sure about the second one if the 努力 was added correctly.

Any comments?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-10-31. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

The '的' in '自己的' is a possessive marker. "自己" = "oneself"; "自己的" = "onself's"

Some people use 的 and 地 interchangeably in the adverb role. The second 的 in the second sentence functions the same as 地 as an adverb marker

你要靠你自己的能力来学习中文。

你要靠你自己的能力来努力(的/ 地)学习中文。

The term '努力' itself can function as an adverb. "你要靠你自己的能力去努力学习中文。" would be a cleaner sentence

努力地 is also an adverb, but it emphasizes the manner of the action.

*I personally never use 的 instead of 地 to mark an adverb.*

*Side note: I changed 来努力 to 去努力. Both are grammatical but '靠你自己的能力来' emphasizes 'with (自己的能力)' and '力去努力学习中文' emphasizes 'to (学习中文)'*

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: "Some people use 的 and 地 interchangeably" just to clarify, they are WRONG to do so, right?  
> **username_1**: I speak Cantonese, writing in Standard Written Chinese so, I never use  '的 instead of 地'  in adverb role,  however, it is listed in some dictionaries. Maybe it is a regional practice  
> **username_1**: @小奥利奥 I suspect because both 的 and 地 are pronounced as / dì/ in Mandarin. People got confused and some started to use 的 instead of 地. With enough people doing that, 的 gained the function of being a variant of 地  
> **username_3**: In this case, it's actually pronounced as 'de', the neutral tone.  
> **username_0**: For a reason I can’t explain.  But in these sentences, i wanted to emphasizes 'with (自己的能力)' .  

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