Questions tagged [yes-no-questions]
Use this tag for yes-or-no questions, i.e. that could be answered by "yes" or "no".
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Using 多 or 少 to modify a noun
When using 多 or 少 to modify a noun, is 很 required before it?
我有很多書。
vs.
我有多書。
or
人很多。
vs.
人多。
I keep seeing 很 before 多, but no where tells me if it's required or not.
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What is the distinction between "连笔字" and "行书"?
I see that "连笔字" refers to "not lifting your pen from the paper while writing" (from ArchChinese) and 行书 refers to semi-cursive. Is there a distinction between them, or are they ...
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Difference between 有冇 and 咗 for past tense in Cantonese
I have finished my audio course on Cantonese and was confused about one grammar point. Sometimes people in the conversations, referring to the past tense, would say something like this for "Did ...
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What is the meaning of 没 in 有啥推荐没? [duplicate]
有啥推荐没?
What is the meaning of 没 here in this sentence?
Can I put 吗 instead of 没 here?
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When to answer a question with 沒有?
I've just started learning Mandarin and I was curious as to when it is appropriate to answer a yes/no question negatively with 沒有. Obviously, if the question involves 有 then it makes sense. However, ...
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How do you ask "Will you see your child next Sunday" in Chinese using verb not verb structure?
What will be the difference between 你下个星期天会不会见你的孩子 and 你下个星期天会见不见你的孩子 ?
I am learning these sentences on Duolingo :) and was given the meaning of 你下个星期天会不会见你的孩子 as "Will you see your child next ...
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Correcting a false negative answer to a 是不是 question
I am having trouble translating the following situation to Mandarin:
Shown an image
a person is asked: "Is this an apple or not?"/"是不是苹果?"
and for whichever reason they reply: "It is not."/"不是。 "
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What is the difference between asking a question using 是不是 and 吗?
What is the difference between asking a question using 是不是 and 吗?
For example, what's the difference between these 2 questions:
你是不是中国人?
你是中国人吗?
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What does it mean to end a sentence in 没?
In the following example:
你找到你爸爸了没
Does the 没 make it a question? And if so, how is it different from “你找不找到你爸爸了”
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Is it possible to ask a question with just a single noun?
In informal English, you can ask a question like, "Tea?" as a shorthand for "Would you like some (more) tea?"
I was wondering if the same can be achieved in (informal) Chinese? Something along the ...
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The difference between 你不知道吗?/你知道吗?/不知道吗?/知道吗?
1. 明天会下雪,你不知道吗?
2. 明天会下雪,你知道吗?
3. 明天会下雪,不知道吗?
4. 明天会下雪,知道吗?
What are the possible pragmatic/semantic differences between these four questions?
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Proper use of 吧 in questions
I am trying to better understand the use of 吧 in a sentence where I am asking a question. For example, could the particle be used in the following way:
这是你的咖啡吧?
My understanding is that the particle ...
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What do you think about this introduction to answering Yes/No questions?
I have found a lot of information about asking questions but very little about answering them.
I want to create a rule to help learners answer affirmative/negative questions in Chinese. Presently I ...
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Difference between 是不是喝酒了? and 喝酒了没有?
What is the difference between
是不是吃了蛋糕? and 吃蛋糕了没有?
or
是不是喝酒了? and 喝酒了没有?
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Answering yes/no questions
I was a bit surprised at first when I discovered that Chinese doesn't have single words or expressions for "yes" or "no", and that instead we must use the verb from the question to either confirm or ...