Explain 是...的 (shi...de) Structure in Chinese. | Chinese Grammar Beginning/Intermediate Level

[@tangy9311]

These lessons are perfect for my level, not too easy and not too difficult, xiexie!

[@sweathogstickerpicker]

Agreed!

[@rglee]

I am a Chinese native speaker and I watch your video to improve my English speaking skills.😊

[@charleswalters5284]

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[@chanikasritara8452]

Great and fun teaching! 1。你是怎么学中文的？ 2。我是在冬天出生的。 3。你们是怎么认识的？ 4。 你是从哪里得到我的电话号码的？

[@LordRubino]

Beautiful video as always. And the little comedy situations are so great and helpful ❤ i love your format. 谢谢你❤

[@Mathdmd]

As clear as It could be. Thank's!

[@MissLizaYangonMyanmar]

Not sure if I come for the Chinese or the acting?! I moved from China like you but to next door....Myanmar. So now I need to look at you to improve my Chinese for my KZbin channel and for work as some of my student's parents don't speak English so I need to speak Chinese to them. Blessings from Miss Liza in Yangon. You killed me with the boyfriend skit.....'I didn't have a chance'!🤣🤣🤣

[@jamesnotking]

excellent lesson! 说说老师总结要点的能力真是一流。

[@Tessi-Tu]

Thanks. That's so informative 😊

[@davidelliott1123]

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[@Kit-so2pf]

What a clear explanation! Thank you shuo laoshi, your videos have been so useful for me ! :)

[@Diego-ss7sg]

Excellent lesson 老师, that was super clear and helpful!

[@frechjo]

I knew about this pattern from different sources, but it's the first time I see it explained like this. It's much more clear now what's its purpose, or how to use it right :)

[@ahh613]

The choice between shi...de and le is not a matter of emphasis. It is a question of whether or not you want to connect this information as extra information to the main event.

[@pinky2ne185]

So to sum up 🆙 we use “shì”是 and “的 if we want extra information about something or we want to emphasise about specific information in the sentence . Correct me if I’m wrong 📖

[@craigmeulen2366]

Excellent illustrations of the context which determines the choice of structure. Thanks!

[@syedmdabid7191]

Oh no! Very fast conversation!!!

[@ollieanntan4478]

This was really helpful to me. Thank you for posting!

[@mountaintag]

"This video was made by my teacher" "这个视频是我老师制作的" In the 是…的 construction, if 是 is followed by a person, then I think it's a special case. This is not emphasizing any detail. The person after 是 is the doer of the action. And the subject of the sentence is what they created. So this is the "passive voice", expressed with "by" in English. I don't think that 被 would be used for the passive voice if someone created something.

[@susanprepejchal3112]

This is super helpful--Thank you!

[@andydidyouhear]

你有温和的目光。你提供的句子非常精彩。

[@kaia8264]

Thank you so much! Your videos are very useful!

[@julianonascimento8975]

他谢谢你了，你的办法很清楚的！

[@user-kw1ph5wu4s]

Я Вам Дуже дякую...це неймовірно зрозуміло!

[@xiaoyedeshenghuo]

谢谢你，我是留学生，下周我会用你的知识讲这个语法❤

[@ananiasmata547]

Very useful. Thank you❤❤❤❤

[@mir7359]

You are AMAZING!

[@rsainz1296]

This structure has confused me so much and for so long, but with your explanation I am beginning to understand! I will review this. Thank you. By the way, because of this video I subscribed 😊

[@QueenXKnit]

So so helpful ❤❤❤❤

[@TheRoboticFerret]

your explanations are always so clear!! 谢谢你

[@marion6695]

Danke

[@adriandeboer7823]

wow, such a good teacher.

[@DouyinUNITE]

解释「是...的」句型在汉语中的用法，适合初中级学习者。观看视频加深理解。

[@catchthebook5862]

This lesson was so clearly.thanks ❤

[@upenderchouhan1212]

Thanks a lot, mam

[@kaia8264]

My homework) 1. How did you study Chinese? 你是怎么学习中文的？ 2. I was born in winter. 我出生的时候是冬天的。 3. How did you guys meet? 你们人是怎么认识的？ 4. Where did you get my number? 你是从哪里得到的我的电话号码？

[@Braveplantt]

Can you talk about tianannmen incident, I want to hear your opinion. Mein freund in China (I’m from HK btw)😊😊😊

[@Leticia-un8sp]

我的中文不太好😅 but I'll try answer the exercises in the end of the video: 1 你是怎么学习的中文？ 2 idk how to say winter, neither born 😢 3 你们是怎么认识的？ 3 你是哪里[get]我的[number]的？

[@eliamariaguzman7321]

Great Job shuo laoshi, xie xie ni

[@MadGuitarNorbi]

Very Good explanation 🙌🙌👏👏

[@user-kw1ph5wu4s]

Я предполагаю слово "именно"....где, когда , зачем, откуда вы *именно* взялись на мою голову😂 Превосходная конструкция в китайском языке...очень понравилось...главное понять

[@johnwolf7073]

thank you for lesson!

[@Barbarossa-heir]

Thank you 😊❤❤❤❤ Great video

[@goal-Football]

🙏🙏🙏🙏 thanks

[@Dave6177]

Great lesson! Hadn't heard about this structure before 😁👍. Btw. could you also ask "你昨天是几点回的家" ? Like Verb+ 的+Object instead of V+O+ 的. Or does 回 not work like a verb like that?

[@mountaintag]

I think that 回 can't really be separated from the place you're going back to, especially if it's 家. I think that 回家 is like "go home" in English, and you can't put anything between the two words. But I think it would be okay to say: 你是什么时候买的你家？"When did you buy your home?" Here, I have separated 家 from 买, and this should be okay. It's the same as: 你是什么时候买你家的？

[@Dragonkller-mg5og]

Can you say for future reference? : 他是明天晚上回国的 He will return tomorrow night ?

[@deryugituberschlechthingh6911]

how to distinguish what questions more in detailed？ why with whom one is still not yet？

[@thomasrowe6073]

cool

[@joannasolski2674]

Genial!

[@SpanishWorld-zu2nm]

So, if I am asking somebody what their job is, should I say 你是做什么工作的 ?? Only if I am asking further information? Like, person A says 我有工作 then person B says 你是做什么工作的 ?

[@ShuoshuoChinese]

Great question! This is not the 是…的 structure discussed here, “你是做什么工作的” and “你做什么工作” basically have the same meaning. How to tell? - the fact in the past follows the pattern of “who did what (I had food, she went to China, He bought book, etc) , so we don’t dig into the “what” part because it’s already apart of the known fact. In other words, we don’t use “什么What” as the question word for 是…的 structure.

[@SpanishWorld-zu2nm]

@@ShuoshuoChinese Okay, that makes sense because in the video you said 是…的 is used for "when, where, from where, why, how, and with whom". So, I could say 你是怎么知道这个活动的? if the event is a known fact for both parties and I am asking how you knew about it, whereas 你怎么知道这个活动? is like asking "how did you know about this event?" when the event wasn't a known fact for both parties, like if I came in and saw an event written on your calendar that I didn't know about and I asked you"how did you find out about this event?" Is that right?

[@ShuoshuoChinese]

This might be a bit hard to understand but the “known fact” in your example is not “这个活动”，but “你知道这个活动”。To ask “how did you know this activity “ is “你是怎么知道这个活动的？” While “你怎么知道这个活动” is more like “How come you know this activity?”

[@matthewmarston5149]

Man, I wish I could take BUDS and slide it in the comment section 😊

[@ekoi1995]

If a linguist would name this 是…的 structure, it would be focus structure or topic-comment construction.

[@GeorgAnkar]

1.你是怎么学汉语的？ 2. 我是冬天出生的。 3. 你们是怎么认识的？ 4. 你是怎么得到的我的电话号码？

[@hectorpg1181]

But I can say simply: 我昨天来了这里 And I don't need to ad shi or de

[@sofashapacutekitties]

1.你是怎么学中文的? 2. 我是冬天出生的。 3. 你们是怎么认识的? 4. 你是从哪里得到我的电话号码的?

[@lewhensilvar3521]

my attempt: 你是怎么学汉语的？ 我是冬天出生的。 你们是怎么认识的？ 你是怎么找我的号码的？

[@AmericanCopperDragonChile]

How about Nî de lingju she shei de bei sha le!? #meAsTheNosyPasserby

[@EmeliaAyiku-cc8jt]

1 你是怎么学习中文 的？

[@spacescopex]

请看看我的《同音识字法》。请提意见。多谢。

[@sunstar2599]

Teacher: i am totally lost in this sentence. >>Zhè jiàn shì bú shì ni yinggãi zhidào de. This is not something you should know. Why is shi bu shi translated as :this is not.

[@RyGuy36]

這個禮拜的影片不翼而飛 怎麼了

[@ShuoshuoChinese]

哈哈 待会就上传！

[@SingaporeSlung]

你是怎么学习中文的？ 我是在冬天出生的。 你们是怎么认识的？ 你是怎么得到我的电话号码的？

[@user-ie3hd2rm2s]

为什么说是去中国的 应该是说是去的中国

[@alexsas2311]

Ni shi hao laoshi

[@Braveplantt]

WAIT 自行車IS NOT BIKE, ITS A MOTORBIKE EMOTIONAL DAMAGE

[@hgazikaya]

Nice lesson, but the teacher speaks English more than Chinese.

[@thanhlenguyentran2131]

”如果你是2012年毕业的，那你比我大5岁“这么说对不对？姐姐

[@ShuoshuoChinese]

是对的哦

[@matthewmarston5149]

Speak Mandarin Chinese? 😂

[@NhatLinhNguyen82]

What is your point?

[@mrbluemoose4296]

???