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In Mandarin Chinese, to emphasize an element of the sentence, put the verb <code><span class="notranslate">是 shì</span></code> in front of the element you want to emphasize and place <code><span class="notranslate">的 de</span></code> at the end of the sentence. | In Mandarin Chinese, to emphasize an element of the sentence, put the verb <code><span class="notranslate">是 shì</span></code> in front of the element you want to emphasize and place <code><span class="notranslate">的 de</span></code> at the end of the sentence. | ||
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The
是 … 的 structure to emphasize an element
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 + Adverbial Modifier + Verb (+ Object) + 的
Example
- 我 坐 飛機 去 中國。/我 坐 飞机 去 中国。
I'm going to China by plane.
- 我
是坐 飛機 去 中國的。/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.
More examples
- 我
是上 個 星期五 來的。/我是上 个 星期五 来的。 (The focus is on "last Friday".)
I came last Friday.
- 他們
是婚後 一年 離婚的。/他们是婚后 一年 离婚的。 (The focus is on "one year after getting married".)
They divorced one year after getting married.
- 我們
是十 年 以前 認識的。/我们是十 年 以前 认识的。 (The focus is on "ten years ago".)
We knew each other ten years ago.
Sources
https://chine.in/mandarin/grammaire/ASG8YTSF
http://www.chine-culture.com/chinois/cours-de-chinois-10-grammaire.php