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| − | * 你 去 <em>了 吗</em>？<span class="trans">Did you go?</span> | + | * 你 去 <em>了 吗</em> ？ <span class="pinyin">Nǐ qù <em>le ma</em>?</span> <span class="trans">Did you go?</span> |
| − | * 你 吃 饭 <em>了 吗</em>？<span class="trans">Did you eat?</span> | + | * 你 吃 饭 <em>了 吗</em> ？ <span class="pinyin">Nǐ chī fàn <em>le ma</em>?</span> <span class="trans">Did you eat?</span> |
| − | * 你 看 <em>了 吗</em>？<span class="trans">Did you see?</span> | + | * 你 看 <em>了 吗</em> ？ <span class="pinyin">Nǐ kān <em>le ma</em>?</span> <span class="trans">Did you see?</span> |
| − | * | + | * 他 走 <em>了 吗</em> ？ <span class="pinyin">Tā zǒu <em>le ma</em>?</span> <span class="trans">Did he leave?</span> |
| − | * 你 喝 酒 <em>了 吗</em>？<span class="trans">Did you drink alcohol?</span> | + | * 你 喝 酒 <em>了 吗</em> ？ <span class="pinyin">Nǐ hē jiǔ <em>le ma</em>?</span> <span class="trans">Did you drink alcohol?</span> |
| − | * 你 做 <em>了 吗</em>？<span class="trans">Did you make it?</span> | + | * 你 做 <em>了 吗</em> ？ <span class="pinyin">Nǐ zuò <em>le ma</em>?</span> <span class="trans">Did you make it?</span> |
| − | * 她 笑 <em>了 吗</em>？<span class="trans">Did she laugh?</span> | + | * 她 笑 <em>了 吗</em> ？ <span class="pinyin">Tā xiào <em>le ma</em>?</span> <span class="trans">Did she laugh?</span> |
| − | * 你 给 我 打电话 <em>了 吗</em>？<span class="trans">Did you call me?</span> | + | * 你 给 我 打电话 <em>了 吗</em> ？ <span class="pinyin">Nǐ gěi wǒ dǎdiànhuà <em>le ma</em>?</span> <span class="trans">Did you call me?</span> |
| − | * 你 今天 喝 咖啡 <em>了 吗</em>？<span class="trans">Did you drink coffee today?</span> | + | * 你 今天 喝 咖啡 <em>了 吗</em> ？ <span class="pinyin">Nǐ jīntiān hē kāfēi <em>le ma</em>?</span> <span class="trans">Did you drink coffee today?</span> |
| − | * 你 吃 水果 <em>了 吗</em>？<span class="trans">Did you eat fruit?</span> | + | * 你 吃 水果 <em>了 吗</em> ？ <span class="pinyin">Nǐ chī shuǐguǒ <em>le ma</em>?</span> <span class="trans">Did you eat fruit?</span> |
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Asking questions about completed actions will involve using both 了 (le) and 吗 (ma). These are simply added to the end of a sentence or statement. This means you might see questions with 了 (le) and 吗 (ma) in different structures.
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General Usage
Structure
Subject + Verb + Object + 了吗?
Examples
- 你 去 了 吗 ？ Did you go?
- 你 吃 饭 了 吗 ？ Did you eat?
- 你 看 了 吗 ？ Did you see?
- 他 走 了 吗 ？ Did he leave?
- 你 喝 酒 了 吗 ？ Did you drink alcohol?
- 你 做 了 吗 ？ Did you make it?
- 她 笑 了 吗 ？ Did she laugh?
- 你 给 我 打电话 了 吗 ？ Did you call me?
- 你 今天 喝 咖啡 了 吗 ？ Did you drink coffee today?
- 你 吃 水果 了 吗 ？ Did you eat fruit?
With a Topic
Structure
Topic + (Subject) + Verb + 了吗?
NOTE: in this structure, the topic is also the object for the Verb.
Examples
- 北京 你 去 了 吗？Did you go to Beijing?
- 晚饭 你 吃 了 吗？Did you eat dinner?
- 电影 你 看 了 吗？Did you watch the movie?
- 作业 你 写 了 吗？Did you do homework?
- 这 本 书 你 读 了 吗？Did you read this book?
- 衣服 你 买 了 吗？Did you buy clothes?
- 酒 你 喝 了 吗？Did you drink alcohol?
- 电话 你 给 我 打 了 吗？Did you call me?
- 咖啡 你 今天 喝 了 吗？Did you drink coffee today?
- 水果 你 吃 了 吗？Did you eat fruit?
Notice that in these examples the object is introduced first as a topic.
Finally, please notice that this pattern is nothing more than the combination of the Expressing completion with le pattern and the Yes - no questions with ma pattern.
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