láizì dàxué de bàogào hěn zhòngyào.

very

Breakdown of láizì dàxué de bàogào hěn zhòngyào.

• 重要zhòngyào: important
• 的de: structural particle
• 大学dàxué: university

Questions & Answers about láizì dàxué de bàogào hěn zhòngyào.

How should I break this sentence into parts?

A useful way to parse it is:

• 来自大学的 = modifying phrase
• 报告 = noun
• 很重要 = predicate

So the structure is:

[来自大学的] 报告 [很重要]

More literally, it is something like:

[the report that comes from the university] [is important]

Chinese often puts descriptive material before the noun it describes.

What does 来自 mean here?

来自 means to come from or to originate from.

In this sentence, it tells you the source of the report:

• 来自大学的报告 = the report that comes from the university

Compared with 从, 来自 often sounds a bit more formal or written when talking about origin or source.

For example:

• 来自美国的学生 = students from America
• 来自政府的消息 = news from the government

Why is 的 used after 来自大学?