是从天空中坠下来的
“It fell from the sky.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
运过来的
“transported from anywhere else.”
是从天空中坠下来的
“It fell from the sky.”
船是不会飞的
“Ships can't fly.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Mandarin frequently employs the 'shi... de' structure to bring pragmatic focus onto the origin, manner, or agent of a completed event.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to fall down / to plunge down
A directional complement phrase describing something plunging rapidly from a great height.
Functions in the 'shi... de' construction to emphasize the manner or origin of the event.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“it was as if he dropped straight down from the sky,”
“He jumped from the building himself!”
“like shooting stars.”
“She came from nowhere”