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==Structure== | ==Structure== | ||
<code>Verb + <span class="notranslate">不</span> + Verb</code> | |||
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In English "isn't it?" or "OK?" are often used for closed interrogative sentences. | In English "isn't it?" or "OK?" are often used for closed interrogative sentences. | ||
==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||
*<span class="notranslate">他们 来 不 来 ？ (Tāmen lái bu lái?)</span> | *<span class="notranslate">他们 来 不 来 ？ (Tāmen lái bu lái?)</span> | ||
Revision as of 22:26, 17 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
Verb + 不 + Verb
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
- 他们 来 不 来 ？ (Tāmen lái bu lái?)
Are they going to come or not?
- 你 想 不 想 我 ？ (Nǐ xiǎng bu xiǎng wǒ?)
Do you or do you not miss me?
- 我们 要 去 酒吧， 你 去 不 去？ (Wǒmen yào qù jiǔbā, nǐ qù bu qù?)
We are going to the bar. Do you want to go?
- 我 去 买 咖啡 ，你 要 不 要 ？ (Wǒ qù mǎi kāfēi, nǐ yào bu 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?