newbie: 学来的

[fij]

Hi,

I just read 我妈妈包饺子的本事是从奶奶那里学来的. I understand this sentence, but only without the 来的 at the end. Is the 来的 necessary at the end of the sentence? Does it indicate finished/past action (my mother learned this long ago)?

Many thanks!

[jessiejin]

我妈妈包饺子的本事是从奶奶那里学的 is right too.

if 来 comes after a verb,it means you have done that. for example,学来 you have learnt that.

but 来的 is not necessary at the end of the sentence.

(@-@)

[Daan]

cóng 从 'from' and lái 来 'come' belong together and basically serve the same function. de 的 (difficult to translate) goes with shi 是 'to be'. 是 X 的 means something like 'this is a case of [X]'. X, in this case, is 从奶奶那里学来 which we could translate into ungrammatical English as 'study-come from my grandmother-there'. Does this help?

[novoicesong]

The verb before 来 specially means taking someing from others,like 学 (study)、拿 （take）、偷（stole）、抢（grab）、赢 （win）......

学来的 (study from)、拿来的 （take from）、偷来的 (stole from)、抢来的 （grab from）、赢来的 （win from）

[fij]

>>Daan

Yes, thanks.