TSUMUGU · TBCL 1 (est.) · 語法
嗎
grammar point · tier 3
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Yes-no question: turns a statement into a question.
字源 FORM what the parts do
嗎 sits at the end with a mouth (口); 馬 gives the sound; it lifts the flat line into a question.
故事 STORY a scene to remember it by
A sentence laid flat, and 嗎 hooks its tail upward.
字源記憶法
例 · Examples
1你是學生嗎？
Are you a student?
族 · Family
不/沒…嗎Ask a yes-no question that leans toward a negative guess: 不 or 沒 negates the verb, 嗎 closes it, and the speaker checks a hunch drawn from what they see.不是/沒…嗎Frames a statement the speaker holds to be true as a negated question, pressing the listener to grant the obvious positive.好不好Tag a suggestion at the tail and ask the listener to pick between yes and no: ..., good or not?好嗎Tag a suggestion or request, then ask the listener to agree: ..., is that good?是不是…Question a whole proposition: set 是 (so) and 不是 (not so) side by side before the verb phrase, asking the listener to confirm the guess.是否Folds a yes-no question into a statement as an embedded "whether (or not)" clause; the proposition follows 是否.誰/什麼/哪裡…都/也…anyone, anything, anywhere, all alike.難道…（嗎）難道 opens a question the speaker holds up only to knock down: the surface asks one thing, the speaker means its flat opposite, and 嗎 closes the dare at the end. A surface negative means an emphatic yes; a surface positive means an emphatic no.