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Chinese (Mandarin)/Lesson 6/Examples
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Chinese Interrogative words
吗/嗎 (mā): Use in "Yes" or "No" questions, usually request a "yes" or "no" answer. For example: 你吃过饭了吗？/你吃過飯了嗎？ (Have you eaten yet?)
呢/呢 （ne): Used in specific questions or rhetorical questions, or to follow up on a situation previously mentioned. For example: 我的钥匙去哪儿了呢？/我的要是去哪兒了呢？(Where did my keys go?) or 你呢？(And you?)