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

Will you go to China this year?

你今年要去中国吗？

Nǐ jīnnián yào qù Zhōngguó ma?

FUTURE YEARS

Are you gonna work today?

你今天要工作吗？

Nǐ jīntiān yào gōngzuò ma?

Will you buy fruits?

你要买水果吗？

Nǐ yào mǎi shuǐguǒ ma?

Will you buy tea?

你要买茶吗？

Nǐ yào mǎi chá 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

Are you gonna work today?

你今天要不要工作？

Nǐ jīntiān yào-buyao gōngzuò?

EXAMPLES with QUESTION WORD

What are you going to do today?

你今天要做什么？

Nǐ jīntiān yào zuò shénme?

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?

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