What is the grammar pattern in “藏语呢我是略知一二”？

Chinese Grammar

Nov 07 • 161 read

I was watching a show and one guy said "藏语呢我是略知一二". Now I'm having a little bit of trouble understanding the grammar pattern for this sentence, especially with the use of the "是". I'm not entirely sure why the "是" is place where it is, as I would assume the subject would be the idiom "略知一二", which I've only ever watched or read them to be used as an adjective- so wouldn't that mean you would have to use an adverb like "很"?
So my question is: What is the grammar pattern in this sentence? Thanks everyone

Answer

It is a [topic + comment] sentence

Topic: '藏语呢' -- 'about the Tibetan language'

Comment: '我是略知一二(的)' -- 'I am slightly familiar with'

我是略知一二(的) is a relative phrase that gives a description/ comment on the topic/ object 藏语

SVO: '我對藏语略知一二' -- ''I am slightly familiar with the Tibetan language'

More example:

SVO: 我是不会再去这间餐厅的

T/P: 这间餐厅我是不会再去的

in "我是 (XXX) 的", (XXX) describes "我"

SVO: 我不会再去这间餐厅了

T/P: 这间餐厅我不会再去了

"了" is a final particle

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