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Why don't these questions have the “ma” particle at the end?
I've been using this site to get my basic foothold in Mandarin. If you scroll down you'll see a section entitled "WHAT", including some questions like "What's the matter?" and "What did you say?" and ...
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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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Connotation of 吗 questions vs. affirmative/negative questions
Is there any difference in connotation/region/modernity/etc. between questions ending in 吗 and affirmative/negative questions?
For example, does:
你很累吗？
connote something different than:
你累不累？
And ...
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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 ...
