Difference between revisions of "Language/Mandarin-chinese/Grammar/Questions-with-不-(bù)"
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<code>Sentense, <span class="notranslate">对 不 对 ？</span></code> | <code>Sentense, <span class="notranslate">對 不 對 ？/对 不 对 ？</span></code> | ||
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==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||
*<span class="notranslate">他们 来 不 来 ？ (Tāmen lái | *<span class="notranslate">他們 來 不 來 ？/他们 来 不 来 ？ (Tāmen lái bù lái?)</span> | ||
<blockquote>Are they going to come or not?</blockquote> | <blockquote>Are they going to come or not?</blockquote> | ||
*<span class="notranslate">你 想 不 想 我 ？ (Nǐ xiǎng | *<span class="notranslate">你 想 不 想 我 ？ (Nǐ xiǎng bù xiǎng wǒ?)</span> | ||
<blockquote>Do you or do you not miss me?</blockquote> | <blockquote>Do you or do you not miss me?</blockquote> | ||
*<span class="notranslate">我们 要 去 | *<span class="notranslate">我們 要 去 酒吧 ， 你 去 不 去 ？/我们 要 去 酒吧 ， 你 去 不 去？ (Wǒmen yào qù jiǔbā, nǐ qù bú qù?)</span> | ||
<blockquote>We are going to the bar. Do you want to go?</blockquote> | <blockquote>We are going to the bar. Do you want to go?</blockquote> | ||
*<span class="notranslate">我 去 买 咖啡 ，你 要 不 要 ？ (Wǒ qù mǎi kāfēi, nǐ yào | *<span class="notranslate">我 去 買 咖啡 ， 你 要 不 要 ？/我 去 买 咖啡 ，你 要 不 要 ？ (Wǒ qù mǎi kāfēi, nǐ yào bú yào?)</span> | ||
<blockquote>I'm going to buy coffee. Do you want some?</blockquote> | <blockquote>I'm going to buy coffee. Do you want some?</blockquote> | ||
*<span class="notranslate">我們 去 咖啡 | *<span class="notranslate">我們 去 咖啡 店 ，好 不 好？/我们 去 咖啡 店 ， 好 不 好 ？ (Wǒmen qù kāfēi diàn, hǎo bù hǎo?)</span> | ||
<blockquote>Let's go to the cafe, OK?</blockquote> | <blockquote>Let's go to the cafe, OK?</blockquote> | ||
*<span class="notranslate">他 是 你 的 | *<span class="notranslate">他 是 你 的 老闆 ， 對 不 對？/他 是 你 的 老板 ， 对 不 对 ？ (Tā shì nǐ de lǎobǎn, duì bú duì?)</span> | ||
<blockquote>It's your boss, is not it?</blockquote> | <blockquote>It's your boss, is not it?</blockquote> | ||
Revision as of 06:01, 18 November 2018
Closed interrogative questions in Chinese can also be formulated with 不 (bù).
This is done by adding an affirmative-negative structure at the end of the sentence.
Structure
Verb + 不 + Verb
Sentense, 好 不 好 ？
Sentense, 對 不 對 ？/对 不 对 ？
Sentense, 是 不 是 ？
When placed before a falling tone character, 不 is read bú.
This expression can be attached to the end of a sentence to form a closed interrogative sentence.
Closed interrogative sentences await confirmation or acceptance of what has been said.
In English "isn't it?" or "OK?" are often used for closed interrogative sentences.
Examples
- 他們 來 不 來 ？/他们 来 不 来 ？ (Tāmen lái bù lái?)
Are they going to come or not?
- 你 想 不 想 我 ？ (Nǐ xiǎng bù xiǎng wǒ?)
Do you or do you not miss me?
- 我們 要 去 酒吧 ， 你 去 不 去 ？/我们 要 去 酒吧 ， 你 去 不 去？ (Wǒmen yào qù jiǔbā, nǐ qù bú qù?)
We are going to the bar. Do you want to go?
- 我 去 買 咖啡 ， 你 要 不 要 ？/我 去 买 咖啡 ，你 要 不 要 ？ (Wǒ qù mǎi kāfēi, nǐ yào bú yào?)
I'm going to buy coffee. Do you want some?
- 我們 去 咖啡 店 ，好 不 好？/我们 去 咖啡 店 ， 好 不 好 ？ (Wǒmen qù kāfēi diàn, hǎo bù hǎo?)
Let's go to the cafe, OK?
- 他 是 你 的 老闆 ， 對 不 對？/他 是 你 的 老板 ， 对 不 对 ？ (Tā shì nǐ de lǎobǎn, duì bú duì?)
It's your boss, is not it?
- 你 姓 王 ， 是 不 是 ？ (Nǐ xìng Wáng, shì bù shì?)
Your name is Wang, isn't it?
Sources
https://chine.in/mandarin/grammaire/ASG4D8XB
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Affirmative-negative_question