Difference between revisions of "Topic-comment sentences"
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| − | *<em>培训 的 计划</em> ，我们 下次 开会 讨论 。<span class="trans">The price of this television isn't too expensive.</span> | + | *<em>培训 的 计划</em> ，我们 下次 开会 讨论 。<span class="pinyin"><em>Péixùn de jìhuà</em>, wǒmen xiàcì kāi huì tǎolùn.</span><span class="trans">The price of this television isn't too expensive.</span> |
| − | *<em>上海 的 夏天</em> ，我 听说 又 热 又 | + | *<em>上海 的 夏天</em> ，我 听说 又 热 又 潮湿 。<span class="pinyin"><em>Shànghǎi de xiàtiān</em>, wǒ tīngshuō yòu rè yòu cháoshī.</span><span class="trans">I've heard that it's very hot and humid in summer in Shanghai.</span> |
| − | *<em></em> | + | *<em>这个 新 项目</em> ，公司 打算 让 我 来 负责 。<span class="pinyin"><em>Zhège xīn xiàngmù</em>, gōngsī dǎsuàn ràng wǒ lái fùzé.</span><span class="trans">The company plans to let me in charge of this new project.</span> |
| − | *<em></em> | + | *<em>新 老板 的 家庭 背景</em> ，大家 常常 在 办公室 八卦 。<span class="pinyin"><em>Xīn lǎobǎn de jiātíng bèijǐng</em>, dàjiā chángcháng zài bàngōngshì bāguà.</span><span class="trans">People often gossip about new boss' family background.</span> |
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In a topic-comment sentence, the usual word order is rearranged a bit in order to emphasize a certain part of a sentence. The part that is to be emphasized becomes the topic, and moves to the beginning of the sentence, with the comment on the topic coming after the topic has been stated.
Structure
Topic ，Comment
Examples
Just make sure to put a comma after the topic if you are writing the sentence down!
- 培训 的 计划 ，我们 下次 开会 讨论 。The price of this television isn't too expensive.
- 上海 的 夏天 ，我 听说 又 热 又 潮湿 。I've heard that it's very hot and humid in summer in Shanghai.
- 这个 新 项目 ，公司 打算 让 我 来 负责 。The company plans to let me in charge of this new project.
- 新 老板 的 家庭 背景 ，大家 常常 在 办公室 八卦 。People often gossip about new boss' family background.
See also
Sources and further reading
Books
- Chinese: An Essential Grammar, Second Edition (pp. 149-50) Anything Goes (无所不谈) →buy
- Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 1 (3rd ed) (pp. 260) Anything Goes (无所不谈) →buy
- Integrated Chinese: Level 2, Part 1 (pp. 83-4) Anything Goes (无所不谈) →buy
- Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar: A Practical Guide (pp. 353-4) Anything Goes (无所不谈) →buy
