ही, तो, बात यह है कि — किसी अंश को उभारना
I can foreground exactly the element I mean
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Genau das habe ich gesagt.
Die Sache ist, es ist keine Zeit.
Wir müssen ausgerechnet heute los.
Achte auf die hervorgehobenen Teile. Was haben sie gemeinsam?
ही narrows: मैंने ही किया - I was the one who did it.
तो contrasts: मैंने तो किया - I did it (whatever others did).
बात यह है कि frames a whole clause: बात यह है कि पैसे नहीं हैं - the thing is, there's no money.
Moving an element to the front topicalises it; leaving it immediately before the verb focuses it. Combined with ही this is precise: आज ही जाना है - it has to be today.
Hindi has no cleft of the English 'it is X that' type. बात यह है कि and असल में are the nearest equivalents, and they frame rather than split.
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ÜbungsaufgabenTrying to build an English-style cleft.
English-style cleft attempted
Hindi focuses with particles, as Russian does.
Focus particle placed away from its element
hi and to attach directly to the word being singled out.
Genau das habe ich gesagt.
yahi plus to, two focus markers stacked.
Die Sache ist, es ist keine Zeit.
A framing clause, the nearest thing to a cleft.
Wir müssen ausgerechnet heute los.
hi narrowing a time expression.
Im Kurs üben
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