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In Mandarin Chinese, to emphasize an element of the sentence, put the verb <span class = "notranslate">是 shì</span> in front of the element you want to emphasize and place | 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 <span class = "notranslate">的 de</span> at the end of the sentence. | ||
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This structure is used to draw attention to a specific information in the sentence. | |||
==Structure== | ==Structure== | ||
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<code>Subject + 是 + Important Information + Verb + 的</code> | <code>Subject + 是 + Important Information + Verb + 的</code> | ||
Revision as of 21:45, 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.
This structure is used to draw attention to a specific information in the sentence.
Structure
A sentence in 是 ...... 的 is formed according to this structure:
Subject + 是 + Important 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.
We want to emphasize that we fly there and not by other means of transportation.