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2.1 Yes or no: 吗嗎
Put 吗嗎 at the end of a statement and it asks yes or no. Nothing else moves.
statement + 吗？嗎？
你是学生吗？你是學生嗎？
Are you a student?
你喝茶吗？你喝茶嗎？
Do you drink tea?
Chinese has no word for yes that answers every question. Say the verb again for yes; put 不 before it for no.
你是老师吗？——不是，我是学生。你是老師嗎？——不是，我是學生。
Are you a teacher? No, I'm a student.
你喝茶吗？——喝。你喝茶嗎？——喝。
Do you drink tea? Yes.
2.2 Question words stay where the answer goes
谁誰, 什么什麼, 哪儿哪兒 and 几幾 ask for what you don't know. Each stands where the answer will stand in the reply: it doesn't move to the front, as English question words do. A question with one needs no 吗嗎.
the question word where the answer goes
他是谁？他是誰？
Who is he?
他是王明。
He's Wang Ming.
你喝什么？你喝什麼？
What are you drinking?
你去哪儿？你去哪兒？
Where are you going?
✗什么你喝？什麼你喝？
What are you drinking?
✗他是谁吗？他是誰嗎？
Who is he?
2.3 And you? 呢
After a word for someone or something, 呢 asks again what was just said, about them: and you?, what about him?
我很好，你呢？
I'm well. And you?
我是学生，李月呢？我是學生，李月呢？
I'm a student. What about Li Yue?
With nothing said before it, it asks where something is.
我的书呢？我的書呢？
Where's my book?
2.4 This or that: 还是還是
还是還是 between two choices asks which one. Like a question word, it needs no 吗嗎.
A 还是還是 B？
你喝茶还是喝水？你喝茶還是喝水？
Will you have tea or water?
他是老师还是学生？他是老師還是學生？
Is he a teacher or a student?