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呢 — “And you?” and “Where is …?”
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Asking the same question back
- A new classmate says he is fine and asks about you. You answer and want to ask him back the same question.
- I我degree / adjective linker很good好，you你(and …? / softener)呢？ Wǒ hěn hǎo, nǐ ne? — "I'm fine. And you?"
Noun + (and …? / softener)呢？: “and …?”
- (and …? / softener)呢 (ne) after a person or thing asks the same question about them: you你(and …? / softener)呢？, and you?; you你mama妈妈(and …? / softener)呢？, and your mum?
- It saves repeating the whole question. The listener knows the question from what was just said.
I我am是student学生，you你呢？
Complete: “I’m fine. And you?” 我很好，你____？
Difficulté 1/5 · 100 pièces + un petit bonus lors de la première réussite aujourd'hui
Person + 呢 asks the same question about them.
Build: “I’m a student. And you?”
Difficulté 3/5 · 200 pièces + un petit bonus lors de la première réussite aujourd'hui
Statement first, then person + 呢.
Where is …? with (and …? / softener)呢
- On its own, ……(and …? / softener)呢？ can ask where something is: I我(modifier / structural particle)的phone手机(and …? / softener)呢？ Wǒ de shǒujī ne? — "Where's my phone?"
- This works when you expected the thing to be there.
my我的phone手机呢？
You can’t find your phone. Which question fits?
Difficulté 1/5 · 100 pièces + un petit bonus lors de la première réussite aujourd'hui
Thing + 呢 asks where something you expected to see is.
Answering
- Answer the full question, not just (and …? / softener)呢: A: I我am是China中国person人，you你(and …? / softener)呢？ B: I我am是British person英国人。
- (and …? / softener)呢 is light and unstressed, like (yes/no ?)吗.
Watch out
- Do not add (yes/no ?)吗 to a (and …? / softener)呢 question: you你(and …? / softener)呢？, not you你(and …? / softener)呢(yes/no ?)吗？
- (and …? / softener)呢 needs something said before it, so the listener knows which question you mean.
你呢吗？ is a correct way to say “And you?”
Difficulté 1/5 · 100 pièces + un petit bonus lors de la première réussite aujourd'hui
False. 呢 already makes the question, so do not add 吗.
Recap
- Person/thing + (and …? / softener)呢？ = and …? It repeats the question just asked: I我degree / adjective linker很good好，you你(and …? / softener)呢？
- Thing + (and …? / softener)呢？ alone can ask where it is: I我(modifier / structural particle)的phone手机(and …? / softener)呢？ No (yes/no ?)吗 with (and …? / softener)呢.
Have a short exchange with a new classmate. Say your name and where you are from, and ask the same back with 呢. Close the examples. Say it, then write it in Chinese.
Compare meaning and word order with the model; your sentences need not copy it. A partner or teacher must hear the spoken version to comment on pronunciation.