"是"字句在临夏话中随处可见,使用频率很高。除表示假设或时间外,"是"还可以表示条件关系、转折关系或顺承关系等。临夏话中"是"字句的这种特殊用法,既是阿尔泰语言底层现象的反映,也是汉语和阿尔泰语不断"协商""混合"的结果。
"Yes" is prevalent in the Gansu Linxia dialect. In addition to assumptions or indications of time, "yes" can also indicate conditional relationships, adversative relationships, and continual relationships. The special characteristics of "yes" in the Linxia dialect are not only the reflection of the underlying elements in the Altai language but also the outcome of the compromising and merging of the Han and Altai languages.