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The question particle ne

meismandarin (10 posts) • 0

ne is placed at the end of a sentence. It can be used in the following situations:
1. To bounce a question or statement back to the person you are having a conversation with, as in:

A: 好吗 nĭ hăo ma ?

how are you?
B: wŏ hěn hăo. nĭ ne?

I am very well, and you?
2. To ask the question where? as in wŏ de shū ne where is my book?
3. To reinforce questions formed with a question-word [who? what? which? when? why? where?] and to show that a speaker really wants to know the answer, as in:

tā shì nă guó rén ne what nationality IS he?

nĭ kàn de shì shénme shū ne what book ARE you reading?

nĭ qù năr ne where ARE you going?

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