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

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* 云南 <em>的话</em>,春天 去 最好。<span class="trans">With Yunnan, spring is the best time to go.</span>
 
* 云南 <em>的话</em>,春天 去 最好。<span class="trans">With Yunnan, spring is the best time to go.</span>
 
* 晚上 <em>的话</em>,当然 方便 啦。<span class="trans">The evening? Of course that's convenient.</span>
 
* 晚上 <em>的话</em>,当然 方便 啦。<span class="trans">The evening? Of course that's convenient.</span>
* 我 肯定 能 去 。 他<em>的话</em>,我 就 不知道 了。<span class="trans">I can definitely go. As for him though, I don't know.</span>
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* 我 肯定 能 去 。 他 <em>的话</em> ,我 就 不知道 了。<span class="trans">I can definitely go. As for him though, I don't know.</span>
  
 
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==See also==
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== See also ==
  
 
*[["If…, then…" with "ruguo…, jiu…"]]
 
*[["If…, then…" with "ruguo…, jiu…"]]
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=== Websties ===
 
=== Websties ===
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* Chinesegrammar.info: [http://chinesegrammar.info/vocabulary/de-hua-expressing-if/ Chinese grammar de hua (的话): expressing “if” in Chinese with de hua]
 
* Chinesegrammar.info: [http://chinesegrammar.info/vocabulary/de-hua-expressing-if/ Chinese grammar de hua (的话): expressing “if” in Chinese with de hua]
  

Revision as of 02:40, 16 January 2018


You probably already know that 的话 (de huà) can be put at the end of a phrase to express the meaning of "if." It can be used independently, or with 如果, both meaning "if." But it can also be used to simply identify a topic, sort of like saying "when it comes to...."

Structure

的话 can also be used to introduce a topic which the speaker intends to say more about.

Topic + 的话 ,Comment

Examples

  • 云南 的话,春天 去 最好。With Yunnan, spring is the best time to go.
  • 晚上 的话,当然 方便 啦。The evening? Of course that's convenient.
  • 我 肯定 能 去 。 他 的话 ,我 就 不知道 了。I can definitely go. As for him though, I don't know.

See also

Sources & further reading

Websties

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