<p>To emphasise a part of a sentence, try putting the part at the end of the sentence:</p>

<p>把你的奶酪都给我，马上！</p>

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2012-11-14T04:21:17.043Z
The "notice" below is !%#$#$. >_< Isn't "To emphasise a part of a sentence, try putting the part at the end of the sentence" an explanation to the answer? The existing answers are quite thorough, so I only added something they had missed. The answer is as long as it needs to be. Whoever left the "notice" better take care of the real spammer answers (like http://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/1223/how-to-say-cool-in-chinese/1466#1466) instead of discouraging contributors on a site that is already suffering from lack of activity.
Betty
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2012-11-16T17:54:37.713Z
What is the 把 doing here?
juckele
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2012-11-18T07:16:21.080Z
@juckele http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C7%8E_construction
Betty
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Betty
<p>I think one challenge with this question is that the original English is kind of a strange sentence, i.e., it's frankly hard to understand in what context someone would actually say "Give me all your cheese now!". I think if you provided a context, it would be easier to propose how to give proper emphasis in Chinese. </p>

<p>For example, let's say a teacher was doing a cheese experiment, and asked all the students to give him all their cheese, and for some reason the students didn't hear or didn't respond, the teacher might say "Give me all your cheese now!" (although even in that case it still sounds a bit strange to me). </p>

<p>In that situation, what needs to be emphasized is that it's a second request, which could be done by prefacing it with something like “我说” or “听到了没有”. How to emphasize this sentence in Chinese is highly dependent upon the context, and the context for this particular English sentence is rather hard to fathom.</p>

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2012-11-16T17:50:17.660Z
The original whiteboard text was "I like cheese. I really like cheese. I want cheese. Give me all your cheese. Give me all your cheese now!" I wouldn't really call it a strange sentence, just silly, and kids are silly. One could easily imagine the same structure used in "Give me all your cash now!" as employed by a robber or "Give me all your test papers now!" as employed by a strict teacher collecting papers impatiently.
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Dan
<p>Speed and efficiency are valued. Many Chinese add:</p>

<p>快点!</p>

<p>So, 马上给我你的奶酪，快点！is also a great way to add this type of emphasis.</p>

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rhughes
<p>Last week a kid wrote on the office white board "Give me all your cheese now!" and I attempted a translation into Chinese (mostly to practice my handwriting). I wrote 马上给我你的奶酪。 I felt like this translation was lacking emphasis, but I didn't know how to properly add it. I know that 啊 / 呀 is often used in this way, but I'm not sure if it's the correct choice to use here or where to add it. How do I increase the emphasis of this sentence instead of making it deadpan?</p>

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2012-11-07T05:05:58.050Z
I think your translation is enough, no need to add emphasis. There is few modal particle can be used in an imperative sentence which represents a command. Usually the adverbial here expresses the emphasis. And `马上` is enough.
halfelf
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2012-11-07T07:40:59.167Z
You can try 交出你的奶酪！
xzczd
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2012-11-07T13:19:33.560Z
Replacing `。` with `!` at the end of the statement would make all the difference. 马上给我你的奶酪!
杨以轩
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2012-11-07T16:39:17.677Z
how would “快给我” compare to “马上给我”? I guess I'm used to people saying "快快来“
Matthew Rudy 马泰
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2013-11-11T08:00:12.593Z
快快来 sounds particularly Fujian... (so it's heard in fujian, taiwan as well as southeastern asia, where local Chinese are primarily descendants from fujian)
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How to add emphasis to sentences
# How to add emphasis to sentences

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-11-06)

Last week a kid wrote on the office white board "Give me all your cheese now!" and I attempted a translation into Chinese (mostly to practice my handwriting). I wrote 马上给我你的奶酪。 I felt like this translation was lacking emphasis, but I didn't know how to properly add it. I know that 啊 / 呀 is often used in this way, but I'm not sure if it's the correct choice to use here or where to add it. How do I increase the emphasis of this sentence instead of making it deadpan?

**Tags:** mandarin, grammar

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I think your translation is enough, no need to add emphasis. There is few modal particle can be used in an imperative sentence which represents a command. Usually the adverbial here expresses the emphasis. And `马上` is enough.  
> **username_2**: You can try 交出你的奶酪！  
> **username_3**: Replacing `。` with `!` at the end of the statement would make all the difference. 马上给我你的奶酪!  
> **username_4**: how would “快给我” compare to “马上给我”? I guess I'm used to people saying "快快来“  
> **username_5**: 快快来 sounds particularly Fujian... (so it's heard in fujian, taiwan as well as southeastern asia, where local Chinese are primarily descendants from fujian)  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_6 on 2012-11-13. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

To emphasise a part of a sentence, try putting the part at the end of the sentence:

把你的奶酪都给我，马上！

> **Comments:**
> **username_6**: The "notice" below is !%#$#$. >_< Isn't "To emphasise a part of a sentence, try putting the part at the end of the sentence" an explanation to the answer? The existing answers are quite thorough, so I only added something they had missed. The answer is as long as it needs to be. Whoever left the "notice" better take care of the real spammer answers (like http://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/1223/how-to-say-cool-in-chinese/1466#1466) instead of discouraging contributors on a site that is already suffering from lack of activity.  
> **username_0**: What is the 把 doing here?  
> **username_6**: @username_0 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C7%8E_construction  

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### Answer by username_7 on 2012-11-08. Score: 2

I think one challenge with this question is that the original English is kind of a strange sentence, i.e., it's frankly hard to understand in what context someone would actually say "Give me all your cheese now!". I think if you provided a context, it would be easier to propose how to give proper emphasis in Chinese.

For example, let's say a teacher was doing a cheese experiment, and asked all the students to give him all their cheese, and for some reason the students didn't hear or didn't respond, the teacher might say "Give me all your cheese now!" (although even in that case it still sounds a bit strange to me).

In that situation, what needs to be emphasized is that it's a second request, which could be done by prefacing it with something like “我说” or “听到了没有”. How to emphasize this sentence in Chinese is highly dependent upon the context, and the context for this particular English sentence is rather hard to fathom.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: The original whiteboard text was "I like cheese. I really like cheese. I want cheese. Give me all your cheese. Give me all your cheese now!" I wouldn't really call it a strange sentence, just silly, and kids are silly. One could easily imagine the same structure used in "Give me all your cash now!" as employed by a robber or "Give me all your test papers now!" as employed by a strict teacher collecting papers impatiently.  

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### Answer by username_8 on 2013-11-10. Score: 1

Speed and efficiency are valued. Many Chinese add:

快点!

So, 马上给我你的奶酪，快点！is also a great way to add this type of emphasis.


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