With the structure 是 shì .... 的 de an aspect of a past action is emphazised: doer, time, place, means. 是 shì <(= be) stands in front of the emphazised part, 的 de at the end of the sentence.
The suffixes 了 le and 过 guò are omitted.
.是 shì + emphasized part + .... + 的 de – 了 le / 过 guò
是 | 他 | 去 | 的 | 。 |
shì | tā | qù | de | _ |
be | he | go | particle | _ |
to be, correct, yes | he, him, other | go to, pass away, remove | particle | 。 |
He went. |
他 | 是 | 去 | 中 | 国 | 的 | 。 |
tā | shì | qù | zhōng | guó | de | _ |
he | be | go | middle | country | particle | _ |
he, him, other | to be, correct, yes | go to, pass away, remove | China | particle | 。 | |
He went to China. |
他 | 是 | 到 | 中 | 国 | 去 | 的 | 。 |
tā | shì | dào | zhōng | guó | qù | de | _ |
he | be | towards | middle | country | go | particle | _ |
he, him, other | to be, correct, yes | to, towards, arrive, grammatical: indicates that the goal of an action has been reached. | China | go to, pass away, remove | particle | 。 | |
He went to China. |
我 | 们 | 是 | 去 | 年 | 来 | 的 | 。 |
wǒ | men | shì | qù | nián | lái | de | _ |
I | pl suffix | be | go | year | come | particle | _ |
we, us | to be, correct, yes | last year | come, happen, connection-word | particle | 。 | ||
We have come last year. |
我 | 是 | 坐 | 车 | 来 | 的 | 。 |
wǒ | shì | zuò | chē | lái | de | _ |
I | be | sit | car | come | particle | _ |
I, me, my | to be, correct, yes | sit | vehicle | come, happen, connection-word | particle | 。 |
I have come by car. |