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?

Will you buy it?

你要买吗？

<Nǐ yào mǎi 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 go to China this year?

你今年要去中国吗？

Nǐ jīnnián yào qù Zhōngguó ma?

FUTURE YEARS

EXAMPLES with 要不要 / 会不会

Will she like it?

她会不会喜欢？

<Tā huì-buhui xǐhuan?>

WORDS 会

Are you coming tomorrow?

你明天要来吗？

Nǐ míngtiān yào lái ma?

TO COME

Are you gonna work today?

你今天要不要工作？

Nǐ jīntiān yào-buyao gōngzuò?

Will you buy this?

你要不要买这个？

Nǐ yào bù yāo mǎi zhège?

EXAMPLES with QUESTION WORD

What will you do in China?

你在中国要做什么？

Nǐ zài Zhōngguó yào zuò shénme?

什么 / WHAT?

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 are you going to do today?

你今天要做什么？

Nǐ jīntiān yào zuò shénme?

QUESTIONS IN PAST

QUESTION WORDS

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