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<blockquote>I'm going to China by plane.</blockquote> | <blockquote>I'm going to China by plane.</blockquote> | ||
*<span class="notranslate">我 <code>是</code> 坐飞机去中国 <code>的</code> 。</span> | *<span class="notranslate">我 <code>是</code> '''坐飞机去中国''' <code>的</code> 。</span> | ||
<blockquote>It's by plane that I go to China.</blockquote> | <blockquote>It's by plane that I go to China.</blockquote> | ||
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==More examples== | ==More examples== | ||
*<span class="notranslate">我 <code>是</code> 上 个 星期五 来 <code>的</code>。</span> (The focus is on "last Friday".) | *<span class="notranslate">我 <code>是</code> '''上 个 星期五 来''' <code>的</code>。</span> (The focus is on "last Friday".) | ||
<blockquote>I came last Friday.</blockquote> | <blockquote>I came last Friday.</blockquote> | ||
*<span class="notranslate">他们 <code>是</code> 婚后 一年 离婚 <code>的</code>。</span> (The focus is on "one year after getting married".) | *<span class="notranslate">他们 <code>是</code> '''婚后 一年 离婚''' <code>的</code>。</span> (The focus is on "one year after getting married".) | ||
<blockquote>They divorced one year after getting married.</blockquote> | <blockquote>They divorced one year after getting married.</blockquote> | ||
*<span class="notranslate">我们 <code>是</code> 十 年 以前 认识 <code>的</code>。</span> (The focus is on "ten years ago".) | *<span class="notranslate">我们 <code>是</code> '''十 年 以前 认识''' <code>的</code>。</span> (The focus is on "ten years ago".) | ||
<blockquote>We met ten years ago.</blockquote> | <blockquote>We met ten years ago.</blockquote> | ||
Revision as of 13:19, 14 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.
More examples
- 我
是上 个 星期五 来的。 (The focus is on "last Friday".)
I came last Friday.
- 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.
- 我们
是十 年 以前 认识的。 (The focus is on "ten years ago".)
We met ten years ago.
Sources
https://chine.in/mandarin/grammaire/ASG8YTSF
http://www.chine-culture.com/chinois/cours-de-chinois-10-grammaire.php