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From :   Kevin Chaput

Date : 2009-08-20 / 02:51AM

Benny,
Please help in how to use “的话” Like what does 用说的话 mean?

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 Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com 
2009-08-20 / 08:37PM

Hi Kevin,

this “的话” is part of the structure in “如果….的话 = if…..”. Basically it is a “conditional tense”. This “的话” is usually omitted.

用说的话 is too short to guess the meaning, can you give me the whole sentence.

Benny



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