好嗎 — Tag a suggestion or request, then ask the listener to agree: ..., is that good?

grammar → 好嗎

TSUMUGU · TBCL 2 (est.) · 語法

好嗎 grammar point · tier 1 · tag question 好嗎 (…, okay?)

Tag a suggestion or request, then ask the listener to agree: ..., is that good?

Hook inherited from 嗎.

Tag a suggestion or request, then ask the listener to agree

框 · Frame

[suggestion / request], 好嗎？

觸 · Trigger

You have laid out a suggestion or request and want the listener to sign off on it.

序 · The move

1State the suggestion or request as a full clause.Is it an offer for the listener, not a plain fact about the world?

2Close the clause, then add ，好嗎？Does 好嗎 hang off the end, asking for the listener's agreement?

3Leave the room for a yes-or-no nod.Could the listener answer 好 (okay) or 不好/不行 (no)?

例 · Examples

1請please你再again說say一次one time，好嗎okay?？

Please say it once more, okay?

界 · Boundary

嗎

嗎 asks whether a statement is true (Are you a student?). 好嗎 asks whether a proposal is agreeable — it seeks consent, not facts.

正反問句

A-not-A (你去不去？) offers two answers laid out to pick from. 好嗎 hands over one proposal and asks for a single nod.

你是學生好嗎？ → 你是學生嗎？ (a fact takes plain 嗎, not the consent tag)

我們走吧好嗎？ → 我們走，好嗎？ (drop 吧; one softener, and pause before the tag)

好嗎我們走？ → 我們走，好嗎？ (the tag hangs at the end, never up front)

English drops the tag question onto almost any statement (you're tired, aren't you?). 好嗎 only tags a suggestion or request — never a flat statement of fact.