Question Words and A-not-A
Ask information questions and compact yes-or-no questions without adding 吗.
Goal
Learners can place question words in answer slots and form A-not-A questions.
Make three new sentences with this module’s grammar pattern and support words.
Focus
Useful examples
你想喝什么？
Nǐ xiǎng hē shénme?
What do you want to drink?
你有没有时间？
Nǐ yǒu méi yǒu shíjiān?
Do you have time?
A-not-A Questions
Make compact yes-or-no questions like 好不好 and 去不去 without 吗.
Practice sentences
他想吃什么就吃什么。
He eats whatever he wants.
Complete the sample sentence for Indefinite Question Pronouns.
谁不想成功呢？
Who does not want to succeed?
Complete the sample sentence for Rhetorical Question Pronouns.
你家在哪里？
Where is your home?
Use 哪里 to ask where.
这个多少钱？
How much is this?
Use 多少 to ask how much or how many.
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Module word list
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level | Dictionary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 什么 | shén me | what? |
HSK 2.0 1
HSK 3.0 1
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Dictionary |
| 谁 | shéi | who |
HSK 2.0 1
HSK 3.0 1
|
Dictionary |
| 哪里 | nǎ lǐ | where? |
HSK 2.0 1
HSK 3.0 1
|
Dictionary |
| 多少 | duō shao | how much? |
HSK 2.0 1
HSK 3.0 1
|
Dictionary |
| 怎么 | zěn me | how? |
HSK 2.0 1
HSK 3.0 1
|
Dictionary |
| 是不是 | shì bu shì | is it or not |
HSK 2.0 1
HSK 3.0 1
|
Dictionary |
| 有没有 | yǒu méi yǒu | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...? |
HSK 2.0 1
HSK 3.0 1
|
Dictionary |
| 好不好 | hǎo bu hǎo | (coll.) all right? |
HSK 2.0 1
HSK 3.0 1
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Dictionary |
| 时间 | shí jiān | time |
HSK 2.0 2
HSK 3.0 1
|
Dictionary |
| 朋友 | péng you | friend |
HSK 2.0 1
HSK 3.0 1
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Dictionary |