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<h1>Topic-comment sentences
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<p>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.</p>

<h2>Contents</h2>

  
<div class="contents"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">1 Structure</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">2 Examples </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">3 See also </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">4 Sources and further reading </span></li>
<ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">4.1 Books</span></li>
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<h3>Structure</h3>

<div class="deux">Topic ，Comment</div>

<h3>Examples</h3>

<p>Just make sure to put a comma after the topic if you are writing the sentence down!</p>

<div class="exemple"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">水果 ，我 最爱 吃 草莓 。
Shuǐguǒ, wǒ zuì ài chī cǎoméi.
Fruit, I like strawberries best. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">不 好意思 ，咖啡 ，我 都 喝完 了 。
Bù hǎoyìsi, kāfēi, wǒ dōu hē wán le.
I'm sorry. I finished all the coffee. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">你好 ，票 ，还有 吗 ？
Nǐhǎo, piào, háiyǒu ma?
Hello. Are there any tickets left? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">这个 问题 ，你 一个人 没办法 解决 。
Zhège wèntí, nǐ yīgèrén méi bànfǎ jiějué.
There is no way that you can solve this problem all by yourself. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">那 部 电影 ，看 过 的 人 都 喜欢 。
Nà bù diànyǐng, kàn guo de rén dōu xǐhuan.
People that have watched the movie like it. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">这个 新 项目 ，公司 打算 让 我 来 负责 。
Zhège xīn xiàngmù, gōngsī dǎsuàn ràng wǒ lái fùzé.
The company plans to let me take charge of this new project. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">你 借 我 的 钱 ，还没 还 吧 ？
Nǐ jiè wǒ de qián, hái méi hái ba?
You haven't returned the money you borrowed from me, right? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">他 的 事 ，我 不 想 管 那么 多 。
Tā de shì, wǒ bù xiǎng guǎn nàme duō.
I don't want to be so involved in his business. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">明天 下午 要 开会 ，你 记得 吧 ？
Míngtiān xiàwǔ yào kāi huì, nǐ jìde ba?
You have a meeting tomorrow afternoon. You remember, don't you? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">我 的 笔 ，弟弟 弄坏 了 。
Wǒ de bǐ, dìdi nòng huài le.
My younger brother broke my pen.</span><br/></li>
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<h3>See also</h3>

<div class="See-also"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Marking a topic with "de hua" </span></li>
<li>Marking a topic with "ma" </li>
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<h3>Sources and further reading</h3>
<h4>Books</h4>

<div class="See-also"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Chinese: An Essential Grammar, Second Edition (pp. 149-50) →buy </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 1 (3rd ed) (pp. 260) →buy </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Integrated Chinese: Level 2, Part 1 (pp. 83-4) →buy </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar: A Practical Guide (pp. 353-4) →buy</span><br/></li>
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