Question Frame
Are we asking or stating?
Значение
A frame that turns a thought into a request for information, confirmation, choice, identity, reason, place, time, or manner.
Как распознать
Find the element that makes the sentence a question: word order, question word, particle, intonation.
Примеры
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↗
Разбор по языкам
В вашем языке
Yes/no questions often rely on intonation; question words mark information questions.
Ты говоришь по-русски?
Do you speak Russian?
В изучаемом языке
Yes/no questions often use هل or أ, and information questions use question words with mostly stable word order.
هل تفهمُ الدرس؟
Do you understand the lesson?
Learners may rely only on intonation or place question words unnaturally.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.