Questions in Future

_THIS IS A TESTING BETA VERSION OF THE SITE_

You know that there are 2 types of future: quite certain future, created with 要 /yào/, and a potential future, created with 会 /huì/

We can use all three ways of creating a question (PARTICLE, VERB-NEGATION-VERB, QUESTION WORD)

EXAMPLES with 吗

Are you gonna work today?

你今天要工作吗？

Nǐ jīntiān yào gōngzuò ma?

Are you gonna come to the tearoom as well?

你也要来茶馆吗？

Nǐ yě yào lái cháguǎn ma?

Will you buy tea?

你要买茶吗？

Nǐ yào mǎi chá ma?

Will you buy fruits?

你要买水果吗？

Nǐ yào mǎi shuǐguǒ ma?

EXAMPLES with 要不要 / 会不会

Will there be someone on the airport to pick us up?

在机场会不会有人接我们？

Zài jīchǎng huì bù huì yǒu rén jiē wǒmen?

Will you buy this?

你要不要买这个？

Nǐ yào bù yāo mǎi zhège?

Are you coming tomorrow?

你明天要来吗？

Nǐ míngtiān yào lái ma?

TO COME

Will she like it?

她会不会喜欢？

<Tā huì-buhui xǐhuan?>

WORDS 会

EXAMPLES with QUESTION WORD

How shall we handle it?

我们要怎么办？

Wǒmen yào zěnme bàn?

怎么 / HOW? WORDS 办

How shall we do it?

我们要怎么做？

Wǒmen yào zěnme zuò?

怎么 / HOW?

What will you do in China?

你在中国要做什么？

Nǐ zài Zhōngguó yào zuò shénme?

什么 / WHAT?

What are you going to do today?

你今天要做什么？

Nǐ jīntiān yào zuò shénme?

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