你没天 or 没天你 : word order and emphasis
1. In the following phrases, there is a difference in emphasis:

-- "I do this every evening" = the emphasis is on "every evening"
-- "Every evening I do this" = the emphasis is on "this"

Can I express the same emphasis in Mandarin, by changing the word order?

For example, is there a difference between the following ones?
Is there an "emphasis"?

-- 每天晚上你去工作
and
-- 你每天晚上去工作

Thanks

Question

你没天 or  没天你 : word order and emphasis
1. In the following phrases, there is a difference in emphasis:

-- "I do this every evening" => the emphasis is on "every evening" 
-- "Every evening I do this" => the emphasis is on "this"

Can I express the same emphasis in Mandarin, by changing  the word order?

For example, is there a difference between the following ones? 
Is there an "emphasis"?

-- 每天晚上你去工作
and 
-- 你每天晚上去工作

Thanks

Answer

no, you won't add any emphasis by changing word order in Chinese
thus
每天  晚上  你  去  工作  is totally equal to 你  每天  晚上  去  工作

Answer

there are almostly same between "每天晚上你去工作" and "你每天晚上去工作"。
but there is a little bit difference between those two sentences:
每天晚上我得做这个。the emphasis is on "做这个"
我得每天晚上做这个。the emphasis is on "每天晚上"
the word will be emphasised when it put after "得"。
我希望我解答了你的问题。

Answer

emm, they are almost the same, you can add a character “要” to emphasize your words, like：
 每天晚上你要去工作 => the emphasis is on "去工作"
and 
-- 你要每天晚上去工作 the emphasis is on "每天晚上"
hope these can help you :)

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Comment. I have chosen Chou's reply as the best one because it was the first to arrive, as Sophia Wang's reply can be compared -- and even looks more trustable.

I don't really know how 要 is better/ more frequent than 得 in emphasizing, but for the moment this is enough for me. Thanks.

Answer

不明白你想问什么。能不能简单描述一下？

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