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          Kevin Chaput
        
      
      Date : 2009-08-20 / 02:51AM
      
        Benny,
Please help in how to use “的话” Like what does 用说的话 mean?
       
      
      
        
        
          
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  |  |  Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com  2009-08-20 / 08:37PM |   |  Hi Kevin, 
this “的话” is part of the structure in “如果….的话 = if…..”. Basically it is a “conditional tense”. This “的话” is usually omitted. 
用说的话 is too short to guess the meaning, can you give me the whole sentence. 
Benny 
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