Statement + 吗 (yes/no confirmation)
Checking what you expect
- Add (yes/no ?)吗 to a full statement to turn it into a yes/no check.
- you你also也to go去(yes/no ?)吗? = "are you going too?"
- It's how you confirm something you half-expect.
Statement + (yes/no ?)吗 ?
- Keep the statement as is; (yes/no ?)吗 makes it a yes/no question.
you你full吃饱了吗?
- you你to eat one's fill吃饱(completed / change)了(yes/no ?)吗? = "are you full?"
Practice
Are you full? 你吃饱了 ____?
Statement + 吗? makes a yes/no question: 你吃饱了吗?
Practice
Adding 吗 keeps the word order of the statement unchanged.
Yes — just append 吗; no reordering: 你吃饱了 → 你吃饱了吗?
Confirming an assumption
- you你also也to go去(yes/no ?)吗? checks an expectation — you think they might go too.
Explore
Correct or broken?
Plain statements turn into yes/no questions with a final 吗 — but QW and V-不-V questions refuse it.
Practice
你也去吗? often checks…
It confirms something you half-expect: 你也去吗?
Recap
Key idea
- Statement + (yes/no ?)吗? — turn a statement into a yes/no question
- you你to eat one's fill吃饱(completed / change)了(yes/no ?)吗? · you你also也to go去(yes/no ?)吗?
- Often confirms what you already expect
Read the full reference: HSK 4 grammar — Particles.