Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar Workbook (2nd Edition)

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57 Topic, focus, and emphasis

1 Rewrite the following sentences to emphasize, or topicalize, the underlined
phrase.
Example:ᡇу௒⅘ཌള⭫ᖧȾ → ཌള⭫ᖧθᡇу௒⅘Ⱦ
ᡇу௒↗ཌു䴱ᖧȾ ཌു䴱ᖧθᡇу௒↗Ⱦ
Ww bù xvhuan Wàiguó diànyvng, ww bù
wàiguó diànyvng. xvhuan.
I don’t like foreign films. Foreign films, I don’t like them.
a. ᡇу௒⅘䛙Ѡ侣侼Ⱦ
ᡇу௒↗䛙ف伥佞Ⱦ
Wi bù xhhuan nàge fàngufn.
I do not like that restaurant.
b. ᡇ㿿ᗍѣᮽ䈴ᖾᴿᝅᙓȾ
ᡇ㿰ᗍѣᮽ䃨ᖾᴿᝅᙓȾ
Wi juéde Zhdngwén kè hgn yiu yìsc.
I think Chinese class is very interesting.
c. ᡇ⋗ⵁ䗽䛙Ѡ⭫ᖧȾ
ᡇ⋈ⵁ䚄䛙ف䴱ᖧȾ
Wi méi kànguò nàge diànyhng.
I have not seen that movie.
d. ੢䈪䘏⅗㘹䈋ᖾᇯ᱉Ⱦ
㚳䃠䙏⅗㘹䂜ᖾᇯ᱉Ⱦ
Tcngshud zhè cì kfoshì hgn róngyì.
I’ve heard that the exam this time is very easy.
e. ᡇ⋗ਹ䗽ᰛᵢ侣Ⱦ
ᡇ⋈ਹ䚄ᰛᵢ伥Ⱦ
Wi méi chcguò Rìbgn fàn.
I have not eaten *APANESEFOOD before.
f. ᡇ∅ཟ䜳ߏ≿ᆍȾ
ᡇ∅ཟ䜳ሡ╘ᆍȾ
Wi mgitian ddu xig Hàn zì.
I write Chinese characters every day.