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Yes / no questions with 吗

In Chinese, 吗 (ma) is the modal particle that marks a question; it normally comes at the end of the sentence and turns a statement into a yes/no question.

Basic structure

Statement + 吗?
你也很忙吗?
你nǐyou
也yěalso
很忙hěn mángvery busy
吗maquestion particle
你是他的中文老师吗?
你nǐyou
是shìbe
他的tā dehis
中文老师Zhōngwén lǎoshīChinese teacher
吗maquestion particle
你有姐姐吗?
你nǐyou
有yǒuhave
姐姐jiějieolder sister
吗maquestion particle

The rule in short

Add 吗 to a plain statement and it becomes a yes / no question.

Statement + 吗?

Examples:

你也很忙吗?
你是他的中文老师吗?
你有姐姐吗?