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HSK 3 · 是…的

The 是…的 frame

The event is not in doubt; this frame asks or stresses when, where, or how.

The rule Used when the event HAS happened and the speaker asks or stresses the circumstances:
你是什么时候来的? 我是坐飞机来的。 你是在哪儿学的汉语?
The 是 may be dropped; the 的 may NOT: 你什么时候来的? is fine.
The negative is 不是…的, never 没是…的.
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