Learn Chinese Grammar

This is the first of five free lessons about Chinese language grammar.

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Example 1: first of all, let's write a simple declarative sentence: You love her.

You love her. nǐ ài tā. 你 爱 她。 you love her

How then would we ask, in Chinese, "Do you love her?" We form an interrogative sentence adding the particle 吗 (ma) at the end of a declarative sentence, so we just add 吗 (ma) at the end of 你爱她 (nǐ ài tā) and replace 。(that is the Chinese full stop) with a big question mark!

Do you love her? nǐ ài tā ma? 你 爱 她 吗？ you love her 吗

Example 2: One more sentence: He is David.

He is David. tā shì Dàwèi. 他 是 大卫。 he is David

How would we say "Is he David?"

Is he David? tā shì Dàwèi ma? 他 是 大卫 吗？ he is David 吗

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