Topic-comment sentences

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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.

Examples

  • 这 台 电视 ,价格 不太 贵。
  • 上海 的 夏天 ,我 听说 每天 下 雨,也 很 潮湿。
  • 日语 ,我 怎么 说 也 说 得 不 好。

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