This is a continuation from Chinese Language Grammar 1. In this station, we are going to explore “How do you ask a question in Chinese Language?”
There are three ways to ask a question:
1. 吗?
The particle “吗?” can be added to the end of any sentence to make it into a question.
Examples:
Have you eaten? — 你吃饱了吗?
Has he gone home? — 他回家了吗?
Have you done your homework? — 你做完功课了吗?
2. 不 / 有没有
Do you want to go home? — 你要不要回家?
Does he have a pencil? — 他有没有铅笔?
The above two methods of asking questions are asking for a yes / no answer. For asking 5W1H questions, use method 3.
3. 什么?
什么 — What
What is that? — 那是什么?
为什么 — Why
Why are you crying? — 你为什么哭了?
哪里 — Where
Where is he going? — 他要去哪里?
几时?什么时候 — When
When is daddy coming home? — 爸爸什么时候回家?
谁 — Who
Who are they? — 他们是谁?
怎样?怎么?如何? — How
How do you answer this question? — 这个问题怎么回答?
How about this dress? — 这件裙子如何?
Next station is Chinese Language Grammar 3.