A small talk on Chinese Grammar①/中国語文法①：吗，呢，吧，啊，呀

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Hi, welcome to Ms. Jun's Chinese class.
Today I want to have a small talk about the Chinese Question Particles: 吗，呢，吧，啊，呀。
They are so common that every Chinese use one of it at least  once everyday, but for foreigners, it's difficult to tell the differences between them.
Let me tell you how.

   吗 mā
It can be used when you want to confirm sth., and usually for the yes-no question.

1.你是中国人吗？还是日本人吗？ (nǐ shì zhōng guó rén ma? hái shì rì běn rén ma?)
Are you a Chinese? or a Japanese?

2. 你认识他吗？  (nǐ rèn shí tā ma?)
Do you know Him?

You can only answer them with "yes" or "no".

But please remind that 吗 can not be used in the Choice Questions. For example,

1. 你吃米饭还是吃面条？  (nì chī mǐ fàn hái shì chī miàn tiáo?)
Do you want to eat rice or noodles?

2. 你是不是学生？ (nǐ shì bú shì xué shēng?)
Are you a student (or not)?

呢nē
It is used in the Special or What-Questions. Can you raise some examples? Yes, such as When/Where/Who/What/Why/How/How many.....

1. 你学中文多久了呢？  (nǐ xué zhōng wén duō jiǔ le nē)
How long have you been studying Chinese?

2. 我的钱包呢？ (wǒ de qián bāo nē)
Where is my wallet?

In come cases, it is used as a bounce-back question to keep the converstion going on.

1. 我很喜欢和咖啡，你呢？ (wǒ hěn xǐhuān hē kā fēi. nǐ nē)
I like coffee, what abou you?

A:好久不见，最好怎么样？  ( hǎo jiǔ bú jiàn, zuì jìn zěn me yàng?）
B:我很好，你呢？    （wǒ hěn hǎo, ní ne）
A: Long time no see, How's every thing?
B: Fine. What about you.

Now, it's question time. Please choose 吗 or 呢 for the questions. You can type your answers below.

1. 你叫什么名字（）？ nǐ jiao shén me míng zì（）?
What's your name?

2. 怎么去酒店（）？ zěn me qù jiǔ diàn（）
How to go to the hotel?

3. 喝茶还是喝果汁（）？ hē chá hái shì hē guǒ zhī（）?
Do you want to drink tea or juice?

4. 明天要上班（）？ míng tiān yào shàng bān（）
Do you go to work tomorrow?

Here comes the end of my lesson. I will explain the left next time and See you.