HSK 2
用“就”表示强调
yòng “ jiù ” biǎo shì qiáng diào
Using "就" for emphasis
Explanation
就 (jiù) here is an adverb (a word that modifies a verb or an adjective) placed before the predicate (the part stating the action or quality of the subject) to EMPHASIZE, to affirm with certainty and precision.
Subject (the person or thing performing the action, at the start of the sentence) + 就 jiù + 在/是...
教学楼就在前边 (The teaching building is right ahead); 这就是我们的教室 (This is exactly our classroom).
When you want to affirm decisively 'it's exactly, right at, precisely', often to answer or confirm a piece of information for certainty and closeness.
The 就 jiù of emphasis ('exactly, right') differs from the 就 jiù indicating early timing in another lesson; here 就 comes before 是 shì (be) or 在 zài (be at) to increase the degree of affirmation.
Vietnamese learners often drop 就 because the sentence is still correct in meaning without it; but without 就 it loses the emphatic nuance of 'it's exactly / right at'. Note that 就 comes BEFORE 是/在, not at the end of the sentence.
Examples
The teaching building is right ahead.
Look, this is exactly the classroom where we have class.
Practice
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