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Yes/No Questions

吗, V-not-V, and 呢

Add 吗 for yes/no questions

Put 吗 at the end of a statement.

💬 Examples
你好吗?
Nǐ hǎo ma?
How are you?
📝 Statement + 吗
你是学生吗?
Nǐ shì xuésheng ma?
Are you a student?
📝 吗 makes it a question
Affirmative-negative questions

Repeat the verb as V-not-V.

💬 Examples
你是不是学生?
Nǐ shì bu shì xuésheng?
Are you a student?
📝 是不是 = V-not-V
你去不去?
Nǐ qù bu qù?
Are you going?
📝 去不去
呢 for follow-up questions

呢 asks 'and what about...?' (or 'where is...?').

💬 Examples
我很好,你呢?
Wǒ hěn hǎo, nǐ ne?
I'm fine, and you?
📝 Noun + 呢
我的书呢?
Wǒ de shū ne?
Where's my book?
📝 呢 can ask 'where is'