Level 3 · Intermediate

Confident 的: 他会来的

Statement + 的

A 的 at the very end of a statement adds quiet certainty — "trust me, it will be so": 他会来的 "he'll come, don't worry", 我不会骗你的 "I won't lie to you". It's the go-to move for reassuring someone.

It teams up especially with 会: 会…的 promises the thing WILL happen — 问题会解决的 "the problem will get solved". Don't confuse it with 是…的, which spotlights a detail of something that already happened; this 的 points forward.

Examples

别担心,他会来
別擔心,他會來
bié dān xīn tā huì lái de
Don't worry — he'll come.
我不会骗你
我不會騙你
wǒ bù huì piàn nǐ de
I won't lie to you, I promise.
放心吧,问题会解决
放心吧,問題會解決
fàng xīn ba wèn tí huì jiě jué de
Relax — the problem will get solved.
你每天都学习,中文会越来越好
你每天都學習,中文會越來越好
nǐ měi tiān dōu xué xí zhōng wén huì yuè lái yuè hǎo de
You study every day — your Chinese is bound to get better and better.

Common mistakes

✗ 他会来的了。
✓ 他会来的。
This 的 closes the sentence by itself — don't stack 了 after it.

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