Re: 到 得 就

到﹑得﹑就 are three words that can be used in too many different ways. Here are the main ones.

到 can be used mainly as verb, verbal particle, and preposition:
(a) as a verb: 巴士到站 ‘The bus arrives at a bus-stop’.
(b) as a verbal particle: 收到封信 ‘receive a letter’; 笑到轆地 ‘laugh oneself silly’.
(c) as a prep: 由星期三到星期五 ‘from Wednesday to Friday’.

得 can be used mainly as verb and verbal particle:
(a) as a verb: 得獎 ‘get a prize’, 得到冠軍 ‘win the championship’, 飯得喇 ‘dinner is ready’.
(b) as a verbal particle: 仲行得 ‘can still walk’, 唱得好 ‘sing really well’.

就 can be used mainly be verb, adverb, conjunction, and preposition:
(a) as a verb: 就學 ‘engage in studies’, 遷就 ‘comply with’.
(b) as an adverb: 就快返屋企 ‘soon be back home’, 十六歲就入大學 ‘went to college when only 16’
(c) as a conj: 食完飯就出街 ‘go out right after dinner’, 話做就做 ‘do it as soon as it is said’.
(d) as a prep: 就地交貨 ‘deliver goods on spot’, 就我所知 ‘as far as I know’.