#️⃣ #1-060 – 吗 (ma = Fragepartikel)
➡️ Sentence type: #2 Fragesatz / Interrogative sentence (疑问句 yíwènjù, 是非问句)


🔡 Pinyin
Nǐ shì xuéshēng ma?
⬛👤 (Pronoun – Personal) 🟥🟥🔗 shì (Verb – Linking/copula, to be) 🟦🟦🧑 xuéshēng (Noun – Personal, student) 🌸 ma (Particle – Interrogative, yes/no)

➡️ Notes:

  • 吗 (ma) always comes at the end of a yes/no question.

  • It turns a declarative into a question without changing word order.


🈷 Hanzi
你是学生吗?
⬛👤 (Pronomen – Personal) 🟥🟥🔗 (Kopulaverb „sein“) 🟦🟦🧑 学生 (Nomen – Person, Student) 🌸 (Fragepartikel, Ja/Nein)


🅴 English
Are you a student?
⬛👤 you (Pronoun – Personal) 🟥🟥🔗 are (Verb – Linking/copula) 🟦🟦🧑 student (Noun – Personal) 🌸 ma (Interrogative particle – yes/no)


🅳 Deutsch
Bist du Student?
⬛👤 du (Pronomen – Personal) 🟥🟥🔗 bist (Verb – Kopula „sein“) 🟦🟦🧑 Student (Nomen – Person) 🌸 (Fragepartikel – Ja/Nein)


📚 Grammar (EN / DE)

  • EN: 吗 (ma) marks a yes/no question. Word order stays declarative → add at the end.

  • DE: 吗 (ma) kennzeichnet eine Ja-/Nein-Frage. Satzbau bleibt wie im Aussagesatz → nur am Ende.

  • Sentence type: #2 Fragesatz, Unterart 是非问句 (yes/no question).


🔁 Legend for repetition

Symbol

Hanzi

Pinyin

Wortart (DE/EN)

Sub-Wortart (DE/EN)

Nr.

⬛👤

Pronomen / Pronoun

Personalpronomen / Personal

5.1

🟥🟥🔗

shì

Verb / Verb

Kopulaverb / Linking verb

2.8

🟦🟦🧑

学生

xuéshēng

Nomen / Noun

Personennomen / Personal noun

1.2

🌸

ma

Partikel / Particle

Fragepartikel / Interrogative particle

8.3