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吗
ma
HSK 1
- ma
- máwhat?
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Grammar note
吗 turns a statement into a yes-or-no question, 呢 asks the same of a new subject or softens a follow-up, and 吧 makes a suggestion or an assumption. All three sit at the end and change nothing else.
吗, 呢 and 吧 — turning a sentence into a question — how often the Chinese Bible uses it
Characters
吗
final interrogative particle
radical 口components ⿰口马
Appears in 879 verses
Genesis 3:1Genesis 3:11Genesis 4:9Genesis 13:9Genesis 15:5Genesis 16:13Genesis 17:17Genesis 18:13Genesis 18:14Genesis 18:21Genesis 18:23Genesis 18:24Genesis 18:25Genesis 18:28Genesis 19:12Genesis 19:20Genesis 20:4Genesis 20:5Genesis 24:5Genesis 24:58Genesis 27:24Genesis 27:36Genesis 27:38Genesis 29:5Genesis 29:6Genesis 29:25Genesis 30:15Genesis 31:14Genesis 31:15Genesis 34:23Genesis 34:31Genesis 37:8Genesis 37:10Genesis 37:13Genesis 38:17Genesis 40:8Genesis 42:22Genesis 43:7Genesis 43:27Genesis 43:29Genesis 44:5Genesis 44:15Genesis 45:3Exodus 2:14Exodus 4:11Exodus 4:14Exodus 8:26Exodus 9:17Exodus 10:7Exodus 14:11Exodus 14:12Exodus 33:16Numbers 11:22Numbers 11:23Numbers 11:29Numbers 12:2Numbers 12:14Numbers 14:3Numbers 16:10Numbers 16:13
…and 819 more