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This structure is used to draw attention to a specific information in the sentence. | This structure is used to draw attention to a specific information in the sentence. | ||
<code>Subject + 是 + | <code>Subject + 是 + specific information + Verb + 的</code> | ||
==Example== | ==Example== | ||
Revision as of 21:51, 13 October 2018
In Mandarin Chinese, to emphasize an element of the sentence, put the verb 是 shì in front of the element you want to emphasize and place 的 de at the end of the sentence.
Structure
This structure is used to draw attention to a specific information in the sentence.
Subject + 是 + specific information + Verb + 的
Example
- 我坐飞机去中国。
I'm going to China by plane.
- 我
是坐飞机去中国的。
It's by plane that I go to China.
Here, we want to emphasize that we travel in China by plane and not by other means of transportation.