Question Frame
Are we asking or stating?
含义
A frame that turns a thought into a request for information, confirmation, choice, identity, reason, place, time, or manner.
如何识别
Find the element that makes the sentence a question: word order, question word, particle, intonation.
示例
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↗
语言视角
在母语中
Questions can use 吗, question words in normal sentence position, A-not-A patterns, 呢, 吧, and intonation; word order usually stays statement-like.
你喝茶吗？
nǐ hē chá ma = you drink tea MA?
在目标语言中
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.