Learn Mandarin Chinese – How to ask Yes / No Questions (Lesson 9)

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Questions and answers about given names. Yes / No questions. Negative statements.
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Display 2 – 0:47 – Ni shi shéi?
Display 3 – 0:59 – Is she Mrs. Wang?
Display 3 – 1:28 – Ta shi Wáng Tàitai ma?
Display 4 – 1:34 – Are you Mr. Wang?
Display 4 – 2:03 – Ni shi Wáng Xiansheng ma?
Display 5 – 2:10 – Ni xìng Wáng ma?
Display 6 – 2:31 – Ni xíng Hú ma?
Display 7 – 2:41 – Ni shi Ma Xiansheng ma?
Display 8 – 3:00 – Ta shi Wáng Tàitai ma?
Display 9 – 3:11 – Ni shi Ma Xiansheng ma?
Display 10 – 3:24 – bú shi
Display 11 – 3:34 – Wo bú shi Wáng Dànián.
Display 12 – 3:55 – Wo bú shi Hú Meilíng.
Display 13 – 4:02 – Wo bú shi Ma Xiansheng.
Display 14 – 4:14 – Wo bú xìng Fang.
Display 15 – 4:27 – bú xìng
Display 16 – 4:40 – Wo bú xìng Wáng.
Display 17 – 4:57 – Wo bú xìng Hú.
Display 18 – 5:02 – Ni xìng Ma ma?
Display 18 – 5:29 – You are surnamed Ma?
Display 19 – 5:52 – Ni shi Fang Xiaojie ma?
Display 20 – 6:41 – Nín guìxìng?
Display 21 – 6:55 – Nín
Display 21 – 7:23 – Nín / Ni
Display 22 – 7:30 – guìxìng
Display 20 – 7:57 – Your surname?
Display 20 – 8:23 – Nín guìxìng?
Display 23 – 8:43 – Nín guìxìng?
Display 24 – 9:08 – Ni jiào shénme?
Display 25 – 9:32 – jiào
Display 24 – 9:37 – What’s your given name?
Display 26 – 10:06 – Ni jiào shénme?

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Script Supervisor – Fame Ketover

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Partial transcript
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Hi, I’m Fame Ketover of Lenguin.com, and this is Mandarin Chinese. Are you excited to be here? Wait, don’t answer yet, because we’re about to learn how to ask and answer yes/no questions. You’ve already learned how to ask questions with “who” (“shéi”) and “what” (“shénme”). Here are two live examples.
○ Nǐ shi shéi?
○ Wǒ shi Hú Měilíng.
○ Nǐ xìng shénme?
○ Wǒ xìng Wáng.

Now let’s look at another kind of question, one that can be answered “yes” or “no”.
Listen to this exchange.

● Is she Mrs. Wang?
○ Tā shi Wáng Tàitai ma?
○ Tā shi Wáng Tàitai ma?
● She is Mrs. Wang.
○ Tā shi Wáng Tàitai.
○ Tā shi Wáng Tàitai.

Notice that the question is exactly the same as the answer except for the syllable “ma” at the end. Any statement may be turned into a yes/no question, that is, a question that can be answered “yes” or “no”, by adding “ma” at the end.
Here’s the exchange live.
○ Tā shi Wáng Tàitai ma?
○ Tā shi Wáng Tàitai.

Here’s another example of a yes/no question with “ma”.
● Are you Mr. Wang?
○ Nǐ shi Wáng Xiānsheng ma?
● I am Wang Danian.
○ Wǒ shi Wáng Dànián.