When I say “unconditionally” I am referring to itsgrammatical usagein English. Regardless of context, when you say “yes”, it is affirmative, and “no” is negative. I highlight this point because this is the major difference between English and Chinese in this aspect. So… How about i...
Having said that, Chinese is a very consistent language, so you'll be well on your way if you can remember a few general guidelines. (As a side note, this isn't just because Chinese is a "distant" language. Celtic languages like Irish, Gaelic, Manx, and Welsh (which you canlearn fo...
This post will talk about how you answer 'yes' to a question in Chinese, because in Mandarin, there is no single word for 'yes'. If you want to answer 'yes', the word you use depends on the situation. 本文将谈谈在中文里如何给予他人肯定的回答,因为中文里没有表示"yes"的独词。要是你...
OnDecember 15, 2017ByHollieInBlog,Learner Tips When I first started to learn Mandarin, I really couldn’t get my head around the idea that there wasn’t really a word for yes in Chinese. The ones that I initially picked up and used were 是的 (shì de) and 对 (duì), but there ar...
It comes as a surprise to many that Mandarin doesn’t have a specific word that matches the meaning of “Yes” in English.(The same goes for "No") Of course, there’s no shortage of ways to get themeaningacross! The Most Basic Way to Say Yes... ...
After arguing that Mandarin Chinese has at least three distinct classes of yes-no questions, and that the three distinct classes form a continuum of semantic features, we consider the sentence-final particle ma, based on its etymology, as a source of the negative meaning in affirmative yes-no...
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Asking Yes / No Questions in Mandarin Chinese There are two ways to ask yes / no questions in Mandarin: with the “ma” particle, or by using a positive / negative sentence structure. Ma The particle “ma” can be added to the end of any sentence to make it into a question. For ...
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