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吧
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HSK 1
...right?...OK?...I presume.
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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
吧
emphatic final particle
radical 口components ⿰口巴
Appears in 421 verses
Genesis 11:3Genesis 11:4Genesis 12:19Genesis 14:21Genesis 18:5Genesis 19:9Genesis 19:17Genesis 23:15Genesis 24:54Genesis 24:56Genesis 25:31Genesis 25:33Genesis 26:16Genesis 29:19Genesis 31:13Genesis 31:16Genesis 31:44Genesis 32:26Genesis 33:9Genesis 34:10Genesis 37:20Genesis 38:16Genesis 38:23Genesis 39:7Genesis 39:12Genesis 43:14Genesis 44:10Exodus 1:10Exodus 4:12Exodus 4:13Exodus 4:18Exodus 5:4Exodus 5:11Exodus 5:16Exodus 5:18Exodus 7:9Exodus 8:9Exodus 8:10Exodus 8:25Exodus 10:7Exodus 10:10Exodus 10:11Exodus 10:28Exodus 12:31Exodus 12:32Exodus 14:25Exodus 16:25Exodus 17:2Exodus 19:24Exodus 32:7Numbers 11:13Numbers 13:30Numbers 14:4Numbers 16:26Numbers 22:13Numbers 22:35Numbers 23:27Numbers 24:11Deuteronomy 5:30Deuteronomy 13:2
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