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* 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 吃 饭 <em>了 吗</em> ？ <span class="pinyin">Nǐ chī fàn <em>le ma</em>?</span> <span class="trans">Did you eat?</span> | ||
| − | * | + | * 老板 走 <em>了 吗</em> ？ <span class="pinyin">Lǎobǎn zǒu <em>le ma</em>?</span> <span class="trans">Did the boss leave?</span> |
| − | + | * 你男朋友 找到 新 工作 <em>了 吗</em> ？ <span class="pinyin">Nǐ nánpéngyǒu zhǎodào xīn gōngzuò <em>le ma</em>?</span> <span class="trans">Has your boyfriend found a new job yet?</span> | |
| − | * | + | * �妈妈，你 昨天 给 我 打电话 <em>了 吗</em> ？ <span class="pinyin">Māma, nǐ zuótiān gěi wǒ dǎ diànhuà <em>le ma</em>?</span> <span class="trans">Mom, did you call me yesterday?</span> |
| − | * | + | * 你 今天 去 上班 <em>了 吗</em> ？ <span class="pinyin">Nǐ jīntiān qù shàngbān <em>le ma</em>?</span> <span class="trans">Did you go to work today?</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
Subj. + Verb + Obj. + 了吗?
Examples
- 你 吃 饭 了 吗 ？ Did you eat?
- 老板 走 了 吗 ？ Did the boss leave?
- 你男朋友 找到 新 工作 了 吗 ？ Has your boyfriend found a new job yet?
- �妈妈，你 昨天 给 我 打电话 了 吗 ？ Mom, did you call me yesterday?
- 你 今天 去 上班 了 吗 ？ Did you go to work today?
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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