Difference between revisions of "Marking a topic with "de hua""

Revision as of 07:09, 11 November 2011

的话 (de huà) is a particle that can be put at the end of a phrase to express a condition, a little bit like "if". It can be used independently, or with 如果, both meaning "if".

如果你去的话，帮我问她好。
下次有时间的话，一定要找我玩儿。
如果你不忙的话，可以帮我联系客户吗？

的话 can also be used to introduce a topic which the speaker wants to go on and comment on:

云南的话，春天去最好。
晚上的话，当然方便。

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 * 晚上<em>的话</em>，当然 方便。
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-In these example sentences, the action is left out, so 云南的话 more formally could be expressed as 如果去云南的话。