我得穿得很正式吗？
Should I get dressed very formally?
您筷子用得非常好。
You use chopsticks very well.
These two sentences use “the complement of state” to describe or comment on the achieved state of an action. In this kind of sentence, the structural particle “得” must be placed between the verb and the complement of state. The complement of state is usually formed by an adjective or an adjectival phrase.
| Subject | Verb | 得 | Adv | A | Particle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 我(得) | 穿 | 得 | 很 | 正式 | 吗? |
| I (have to) | wear | very | formal | ? | |
| 您(筷子) | 用 | 得 | 非常 | 好。 | |
| you (chopsticks) | use | very | well. |