Question Frame
Are we asking or stating?
Significado
A frame that turns a thought into a request for information, confirmation, choice, identity, reason, place, time, or manner.
Como identificar
Find the element that makes the sentence a question: word order, question word, particle, intonation.
Exemplos
who|what|where|when|why|how|do
where are you|do you know|is it ready
Where do you live?
Visual guide
QUESTION FRAME signal + thought + ? where + you live + ? = answer wanted Not a plain statement Ask: asking or stating?
Question signals can vary: Word: where are you? Order: is it ready? Do: do you know? Particle: ready Q? Tone: ready↗
Visão do idioma
No seu idioma nativo
Questions mainly use intonation, question words, and normal word order; inversion is not central in Brazilian Portuguese.
Onde você mora?
Where do you live?
No seu idioma de aprendizado
English questions often require auxiliary inversion, do-support, wh-word position, or rising intonation.
Do you like coffee?
do you = question frame
Learners may form questions with statement word order or forget do/does/did.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.