<p>Grammar books seem to split the 是……的 grammar construct into <a href="https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/The_%22shi..._de%22_patterns:_an_overview" rel="nofollow noreferrer">a whole bunch of cases</a> (and <a href="https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/The_%22shi..._de%22_construction_for_indicating_purpose" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a> and <a href="https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/The_%22shi..._de%22_construction_for_emphasizing_details" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>) using jargon like <a href="https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Distinguishing_word" rel="nofollow noreferrer">distinguishing words</a>.  I prefer to simplify, and think about this grammar construct as meaning:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>X 是 Y 的<br />
X (noun phrase) has the property Y (adjective phrase)</p>
</blockquote>
<p>It's perhaps linguistically imprecise, but all we're really doing is applying some kind of adjective (described by Y) to some kind of noun (given by X).</p>
<p>So:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>这<strong>是</strong>真<strong>的</strong>。<br />
This <strong>has the property</strong> of being true.<br />
This is true.</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p>那辆车<strong>是</strong>红色<strong>的</strong>。<br />
That car <strong>has the property</strong> of being red.<br />
That car is red.</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p>这个消息<strong>是</strong>昨天发布<strong>的</strong>。<br />
This news <strong>has the property</strong> of being released yesterday.<br />
This news was released yesterday.</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p>我们<strong>是</strong>2011年认识<strong>的</strong>。<br />
We <strong>have the property</strong> of having met in 2011.<br />
We met in 2011.</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p>我<strong>是</strong>坐飞机来<strong>的</strong>。<br />
I <strong>have the property</strong> of coming by plane.<br />
I'm coming by plane.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>And finally...</p>
<blockquote>
<p>他的成绩一直<strong>是</strong>我们班最好<strong>的</strong>。<br />
His grades always <strong>have the property</strong> of being the best in our class.<br />
His grades are always the best in our class.</p>
</blockquote>

CC BY-SA 4.0
2020-10-22T13:37:54.700Z
2020-10-22T13:37:54.700Z
Becky 李蓓
<p>There is no 'object', only an equality.</p>
<p>他的...成绩...一直....是..我们..班...最好的<br />
His results always are our class best (results)<br />
His results/grades are always the best in our class.</p>
<p>Get rid of unnecessary words:</p>
<p>他的..成绩...是...最好的<br />
His results are the best.</p>
<p>His grades = the best (grades)</p>
<p>Turn it around:</p>
<p>我们班成绩最好的是他</p>

CC BY-SA 4.0
2020-10-23T01:28:10.357Z
2020-10-23T01:28:10.357Z
Pedroski
<p>Because no subject actually do something to object.</p>
<p>His grade is always the best among that of our class.</p>
<p>是 denote something is true. Something in back of 是(他的成绩) have this property written in front of 是(我们班最好的). So people understand 他的成绩是我们班最好的.</p>
<p>Finally add 一直 directly in back of 是 to denote frequency.</p>

CC BY-SA 4.0
2020-10-22T23:25:28.467Z
2020-10-22T23:25:28.467Z
000
<p>I am wondering is there any rules for sentence structure when only object is involved.
For instance: 他的成绩一直是我们班最好的 (what rule is for this sentence) why in this case the object is not place in the end of the sentence following the SVO structure.</p>
<p>Thank you!
Best wishes</p>

CC BY-SA 4.0
2020-10-22T13:41:38.813Z
I didn't notice this when writing my answer, but this might be a duplicate of [Passive object position in 是…的 structure?](https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/39592/passive-object-position-in-是-的-structure).
Becky 李蓓
<grammar><sentence-structure><sentence>
Chinese sentence when only object is mentioned
# Chinese sentence when only object is mentioned

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-10-22)

I am wondering is there any rules for sentence structure when only object is involved.
For instance: 他的成绩一直是我们班最好的 (what rule is for this sentence) why in this case the object is not place in the end of the sentence following the SVO structure.

Thank you!
Best wishes

**Tags:** grammar, sentence-structure, sentence

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I didn't notice this when writing my answer, but this might be a duplicate of [Passive object position in 是…的 structure?](https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/39592/passive-object-position-in-是-的-structure).  

---

## 3 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-10-22. Score: 1

Grammar books seem to split the 是……的 grammar construct into [a whole bunch of cases](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/The_%22shi..._de%22_patterns:_an_overview) (and [here](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/The_%22shi..._de%22_construction_for_indicating_purpose) and [here](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/The_%22shi..._de%22_construction_for_emphasizing_details)) using jargon like [distinguishing words](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Distinguishing_word). I prefer to simplify, and think about this grammar construct as meaning:

> X 是 Y 的  
> X (noun phrase) has the property Y (adjective phrase)

It's perhaps linguistically imprecise, but all we're really doing is applying some kind of adjective (described by Y) to some kind of noun (given by X).

So:

> 这**是**真**的**。  
> This **has the property** of being true.  
> This is true.

> 那辆车**是**红色**的**。  
> That car **has the property** of being red.  
> That car is red.

> 这个消息**是**昨天发布**的**。  
> This news **has the property** of being released yesterday.  
> This news was released yesterday.

> 我们**是**2011年认识**的**。  
> We **have the property** of having met in 2011.  
> We met in 2011.

> 我**是**坐飞机来**的**。  
> I **have the property** of coming by plane.  
> I'm coming by plane.

And finally...

> 他的成绩一直**是**我们班最好**的**。  
> His grades always **have the property** of being the best in our class.  
> His grades are always the best in our class.


---

### Answer by username_2 on 2020-10-23. Score: 0

There is no 'object', only an equality.

他的...成绩...一直....是..我们..班...最好的  
His results always are our class best (results)  
His results/grades are always the best in our class.

Get rid of unnecessary words:

他的..成绩...是...最好的  
His results are the best.

His grades = the best (grades)

Turn it around:

我们班成绩最好的是他


---

### Answer by username_3 on 2020-10-22. Score: 0

Because no subject actually do something to object.

His grade is always the best among that of our class.

是 denote something is true. Something in back of 是(他的成绩) have this property written in front of 是(我们班最好的). So people understand 他的成绩是我们班最好的.

Finally add 一直 directly in back of 是 to denote frequency.


---

