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- {{Grammar Box}}
- You probably already know that 的话 (de huà) can be put at the end of a phrase [["If…, then…" with "ruguo…, jiu…"|to express the meaning of "if."]] 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...."
- == Structure ==
- 的话 can also be used to introduce a topic which the speaker intends to say more about.
- <div class="jiegou">
- Topic + 的话， Comment
- </div>
- ===Examples===
- <div class="liju">
- * 云南 <em>的话</em>，春天 去 最好。<span class="trans">With Yunnan, spring is the best time to go.</span>
- * 晚上 <em>的话</em>，当然 方便 啦。<span class="trans">The evening? Of course that's convenient.</span>
- * 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>
- </div>
- ==See also==
- *[["If…, then…" with "ruguo…, jiu…"]]
- *[["For…" with "eryan"]]
- *[[Limiting scope with "jiu"]]
- ==Sources & further reading==
- === Websties ===
- * Chinesegrammar.info: [http://chinesegrammar.info/vocabulary/de-hua-expressing-if/ Chinese grammar de hua (的话): expressing “if” in Chinese with de hua]
- [[Category: B2 grammar points]]
- {{Basic Grammar|的话|B2|⋯⋯的话|荤菜 <em>的话</em> ， 我 喜欢 牛肉 。|grammar point|ASGB0MXK}}
- {{Similar|"If…, then…" with "ruguo…, jiu…"}}
- {{Similar|"For…" with "eryan"}}
- {{Similar|Limiting Scope with "jiu"}}
- {{Similar|The "if" sandwich pattern}}
- {{Used for|Expressing possibility}}
- {{Structure|"If" Statements}}
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