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<p>In a topic-comment sentence, the usual <a href="word_order" title="wikilink">word order</a> 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>
<h3 id="examples">Examples</h3>
<p>Just make sure to put a comma after the topic if you are writing the sentence down!</p>
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<li><em>这 台 电视</em> ，价格 不太 贵。<span class="expl">&quot;this television&quot; the topic that is emphasized.</span><span class="trans">The price of this television isn't too expensive.</span></li>
<li><em>上海 的 夏天</em> ，我 听说 每天 下 雨，也 很 潮湿。<span class="expl">&quot;the summer in Shanghai&quot; is emphasized.</span><span class="trans">I've heard that it rains every day and is very humid in the summer in Shanghai.</span></li>
<li><em>日语</em> ，我 怎么 说 也 说 得 不 好。<span class="expl">&quot;Japanese&quot; is the topic that is emphasized.</span><span class="trans">The way I speak Japanese is very bad.</span></li>
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<h2 id="see-also">See Also</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="Basic_sentence_order" title="wikilink">Basic sentence order</a></li>
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<h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2>
<h3 id="books">Books</h3>
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<li><a href="Chinese:_An_Essential_Grammar,_Second_Edition" title="wikilink">Chinese: An Essential Grammar, Second Edition</a> (pp. 149-50) <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0415372615/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=allset-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=0415372615">→buy</a></li>
<li><a href="Integrated_Chinese:_Level_1,_Part_1_(3rd_ed)" title="wikilink">Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 1 (3rd ed)</a> (pp. 260)　<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0887276385/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=allset-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=0887276385">→buy</a></li>
<li><a href="Integrated_Chinese:_Level_2,_Part_1" title="wikilink">Integrated Chinese: Level 2, Part 1</a> (pp. 83-4) <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0887276792/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=allset-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=0887276792">→buy</a></li>
<li><a href="Modern_Mandarin_Chinese_Grammar:_A_Practical_Guide" title="wikilink">Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar: A Practical Guide</a> (pp. 353-4) <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0415700108?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=allset-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0415700108">→buy</a></li>
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