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
Just make sure to put a comma after the topic if you are writing
the sentence down!
- 这 台 电视 ，价格 不太 贵。"this television"
the topic that is emphasized.The price
of this television isn't too expensive.
- 上海 的 夏天 ，我 听说 每天 下 雨，也 很 潮湿。"the
summer in Shanghai" is emphasized.I've
heard that it rains every day and is very humid in the summer in
Shanghai.
- 日语 ，我 怎么 说 也 说 得 不 好。"Japanese" is
the topic that is emphasized.The way I
speak Japanese is very bad.
See Also
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Category:B1 grammar points