Finished action: Question

QUESTION for FINISHED ACTION

_THIS IS A TESTING BETA VERSION OF THE SITE_

DID SOMETHING HAPPEN?

DID HE GO TO CHINA?

HAVE YOU BOUGHT A CAR?

DID HE TELL YOU?

To ask if something happened (or has happened), we use the construction 有没有 /yǒu-meiyou/

We don’t use this construction to ask what or when or where or how something happened

We don’t use 了 /le/

EXAMPLES

Did you watch a film?

你有没有看电影?

Nǐ yǒu meiyou kàn diànyǐng?

Have you worked in China before?

你以前有没有在中国工作？

<Nǐ yǐqián yǒuméiyǒu zài Zhōngguó gōngzuò?>

Did he come?

他有没有来？

Tā yǒu-meiyou lái?

TO COME

Have you bought (any) fruits?

你有没有买水果？

Nǐ yǒu-meiyou mǎi shuǐguǒ?

DID SOMETHING JUST HAPPEN?

DID YOU (JUST) EAT?

DID YOU (JUST) BUY A BOOK?

To ask whether something JUST HAPPENED, we use 了吗 /lema/ at the END of a sentence

EXAMPLES

Have you received (it)?

你收到了吗？

Nǐ shōudào le ma?

Are you ready?

你准备好了吗？

Nǐ zhǔnbèi hǎo le ma?

BASIC ACT

WHAT HAPPENED?

WHAT DID YOU SAY?

WHAT DID YOU BUY?

To ask what happened, we ask question using a question word 什么 /shénme/

The question is a standard question just like in “present tense”, only with the difference that we put 了 /le/ behind the verb

EXAMPLES

What did you drink?

你喝了什么？

Nǐ hē le shénme?

What did you dream about?

你做了什么梦？

Nǐ zuò le shénme mèng?

How much did you spent for this jasmine tea?

你花了多少钱买这个花茶？

Nǐ huāle duōshǎo qián mǎi zhège huāchá?

多少 / HOW MANY?

What clothes have you bought?

你买了什么衣服？

Nǐ mǎi le shénme yīfu?

什么 / WHAT?

When we already know that something happened and we want to know more (like WHEN or WHERE or BY WHO) something happened, we use the construction CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE EVENT

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