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Emphatic 是...的 sentence (是……的强调句)
是...的 emphasizes a detail of a completed, known event, such as time, place, method, or person.
Anchor example
我是昨天来的。
Wǒ shì zuótiān lái de.
It was yesterday that I came.
HSK 2
HSK 2
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1 structures
10
10 exercises
Lesson summary
Subject + 是 + Emphasized Detail + Verb + 的: 是...的 emphasizes a detail of a completed, known event, such as time, place, method, or person.
Use 是...的 when the action is already known or completed and you want to emphasize a detail: 我是昨天来的, 我们是坐地铁来的. The emphasized detail sits after 是 and before the verb, and 的 closes the sentence. Do not use it for future actions.
Grammar pattern
Subject + 是 + emphasized detail + verb + 的
Emphasizes when, where, how, or by whom a completed event happened.
我是昨天来的。
Wǒ shì zuótiān lái de.
It was yesterday that I came.
他是在学校认识她的。
Tā shì zài xuéxiào rènshi tā de.
He met her at school.
我们是坐地铁来的。
Fill in the blank:
Wǒmen shì zuò dìtiě lái de.
We came by subway.