Difference between revisions of "Questions with "le ma""

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Subject + Verb + Object + 了吗
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Subject + Verb + Object + 了吗?
  
 
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=== Examples ===
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== Examples ==
  
 
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* 你 吃饭 <em>了 吗</em>?<span class="trans">Did you eat?</span>
 
* 你 吃饭 <em>了 吗</em>?<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="trans">Did you see?</span>
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* 他走 <em>了 吗</em>?
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* 你 喝 酒 <em>了 吗</em>?
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* 你 做 <em>了 吗</em>?
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* 她 笑 <em>了 吗</em>?
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* 你 给 我 打 电话 <em>了 吗</em>?
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* 你 今天 喝 咖啡 <em>了 吗</em>?
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* 你 吃 水果 <em>了 吗</em>?
  
 
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== Another common structure ==
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==Structure with a Topic==
  
 
<div class="jiegou">
 
<div class="jiegou">
  
Object + Verb + 了吗
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Topic + (Subject) + Verb + 了吗?
  
 
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</div>
  
=== Examples ===
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note: in this structure, the topic is also the object for the Verb.
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== Examples ==
  
 
<div class="liju">
 
<div class="liju">
  
* 北京 去 <em>了 吗</em>?<span class="trans">Did you go to Beijing?</span>
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* 北京 去 <em>了 吗</em>?<span class="trans">Did you go to Beijing?</span>
* 吃 <em>了 吗</em>?<span class="trans">Did you eat a meal?</span>
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* 晚饭 你 吃 <em>了 吗</em>?<span class="trans">Did you eat a dinner?</span>
* 电影 看 <em>了 吗</em>?<span class="trans">Did you see the movie?</span>
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* 电影 看 <em>了 吗</em>?<span class="trans">Did you see the movie?</span>
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* 作业 你 写 <em>了 吗</em>?
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* 这 本 书 你 读 <em>了 吗</em>?
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* 衣服 你 买 <em>了 吗</em>?
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* 酒 你 喝 <em>了 吗</em>?
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* 电话 你 给 我 打 <em>了 吗</em>?
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* 咖啡 你 今天 喝 <em>了 吗</em>?
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* 水果 你 吃 <em>了 吗</em>?
  
 
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[[Category:A2 grammar points]]
 
[[Category:A2 grammar points]]
{{Basic Grammar|了|A2|V + 了 + 吗?|北京 去 <em>了 吗</em>?|grammar point|ASGYKDNF}}
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{{Basic Grammar|了|A2|V + 了 + 吗?|去 <em>了 吗</em>?|grammar point|ASGYKDNF}}
 
{{Rel char|吗}}
 
{{Rel char|吗}}
 
{{Similar|Yes - no questions with ma}}  
 
{{Similar|Yes - no questions with ma}}  

Revision as of 05:54, 29 October 2013

Asking questions about completed actions will involve using both 了 and 吗. These are simply added to the end of a sentence or statement. This means you might see questions with 了 and 吗 in different structures.

General 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
  • 你 喝 酒 了 吗
  • 你 做 了 吗
  • 她 笑 了 吗
  • 你 给 我 打 电话 了 吗
  • 你 今天 喝 咖啡 了 吗
  • 你 吃 水果 了 吗

Structure with a Topic

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 a dinner?
  • 电影 你 看 了 吗Did you see the movie?
  • 作业 你 写 了 吗
  • 这 本 书 你 读 了 吗
  • 衣服 你 买 了 吗
  • 酒 你 喝 了 吗
  • 电话 你 给 我 打 了 吗
  • 咖啡 你 今天 喝 了 吗
  • 水果 你 吃 了 吗

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.

See also


Sources and further reading

Books