HSK 4 grammar · pattern
你X你的
你X你的(吧) — you go ahead and X
Pattern
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( ) can be left out · other words may come before, between and after
How it works
你X你的(吧) tells someone to carry on with their own thing, often "never mind me" or slightly dismissive — "you go ahead and X", "you do your own X". The possessive 你的 points the action back at the doer.
Examples
你忙你的吧，别管我。
Nǐ máng nǐ de ba, bié guǎn wǒ.
You go on with your work, don't mind me.
我不饿，你吃你的。
Wǒ bú è, nǐ chī nǐ de.
I'm not hungry, you go ahead and eat.
他说他的，你做你的。
Tā shuō tā de, nǐ zuò nǐ de.
Let him say what he likes; you do your own thing.
See it in a story
In the app, 你X你的 is underlined wherever it appears in the stories you read, and practised with sentences from them. Free.