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Asking Questions with ' Ma '

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Beginner 1  •  11 Words
Making questions in Chinese is a cinch. Unlike English, you don't need to move any words around or learn any special tenses - all you have to do is take the super useful 'ma' and throw it on the end of your statement. In this FluentU audio slideshow, get introduced to this essential Chinese particle, and get to asking your questions in Mandarin today!
WordDefinitionFluency
 
Statement + 吗
Statement + ma
(part.) comes after a statement to create a question
 (part.) comes after a statement to create a question
 
我
wǒ
(pronoun) I; me
 (pronoun) I; me
 
他们
tā men
(pronoun) they; them
 (pronoun) they; them
 
是
shì
(verb) to be
 (verb) to be
 
你
nǐ
(pronoun) you
 (pronoun) you
 
他
tā
(pronoun) he; him
 (pronoun) he; him
 
人
rén
(noun) person; people
 (noun) person; people
 
她
tā
(pronoun) she; her
 (pronoun) she; her
 
中国人
zhōng guó rén
(noun) Chinese person
 (noun) Chinese person
 
美国人
měi guó rén
(noun) American person
 (noun) American person
 
韩国人
hán guó rén
(noun) South Korean person
 (noun) South Korean person
 
吗
ma
(creates a question)
 
吗
ma
(creates a question)
 
我
wǒ
吗
ma
？
？
Me?
 
我
wǒ
吗
ma
？
？
Me?
 
他 们
tā men
吗
ma
？
？
Them?
 
他 们
tā men
吗
ma
？
？
Them?
 
是
shì
你
nǐ
吗
ma
？
？
Is it you?
 
是
shì
他
tā
吗
ma
？
？
Is it him?
 
你
nǐ
是
shì
人
rén
吗
ma
？
？
Are you a person?
 
她
tā
是
shì
人
rén
吗
ma
？
？
Is she a person?
 
你
nǐ
是
shì
中 国 人
zhōng guó rén
吗
ma
？
？
Are you Chinese?
 
他
tā
是
shì
美 国 人
měi guó rén
吗
ma
？
？
Is he American?
 
他
tā
是
shì
韩 国 人
hán guó rén
吗
ma
？
？
Is he Korean?

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