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- Also known as: 是⋯⋯的结构 (shì ... de jiégòu), 是 ... 的 sentence and 是 ... 的 pattern.
Contents
Basic 是 ... 的 structure
Picking out different details with 是 ... 的
When to use 是 ... 的
"The situation is that"
"It was ... that ..."
Negating 是 ... 的
是 ... 的 and questions
是 is often optional
Where to put 的 in a 是 ... 的 construction
Sources and further reading
Books
- Mandarin Chinese: A Functional Reference Grammar (pp. 587 - 594)
Websites
- University website: The shi ... de construction
- East Asia Student: The 是 … 的 construction in Mandarin
