<!DOCTYPE html> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta name="generator" content= "HTML Tidy for HTML5 for Linux version 5.2.0" /> <title></title> </head> <body> <p>You probably already know that 的话 (de huà) can be put at the end of a phrase <a href= ""If%E2%80%A6,_then%E2%80%A6"_with_"ruguo%E2%80%A6,_jiu%E2%80%A6"" title="wikilink">to express the meaning of "if."</a> 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...."</p> <h2 id="structure">Structure</h2> <p>的话 can also be used to introduce a topic which the speaker intends to say more about.</p> <div class="jiegou"> <p>Topic + 的话， Comment</p> </div> <h3 id="examples">Examples</h3> <div class="liju"> <ul> <li>云南 <em>的话</em>，春天 去 最好。<span class="trans">With Yunnan, spring is the best time to go.</span></li> <li>晚上 <em>的话</em>，当然 方便 啦。<span class="trans">The evening? Of course that's convenient.</span></li> <li>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></li> </ul> </div> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul> <li><a href= ""If%E2%80%A6,_then%E2%80%A6"_with_"ruguo%E2%80%A6,_jiu%E2%80%A6"" title="wikilink">"If…, then…" with "ruguo…, jiu…"</a></li> <li><a href=""For%E2%80%A6"_with_"eryan"" title="wikilink">"For…" with "eryan"</a></li> <li><a href="Limiting_scope_with_"jiu"" title= "wikilink">Limiting scope with "jiu"</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="sources-further-reading">Sources & further reading</h2> <h3 id="websties">Websties</h3> <ul> <li>Chinesegrammar.info: <a href= "http://chinesegrammar.info/vocabulary/de-hua-expressing-if/">Chinese grammar de hua (的话): expressing “if” in Chinese with de hua</a></li> </ul> <p><a href="Category:_B2_grammar_points" title="wikilink">Category: B2 grammar points</a></p> </body> </html>