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A2 · Grammar reference

Questions with "le ma"

Asking questions about completed actions will involve using both 了 (le) and 吗 (ma). These are simply added to the end of a sentence or statement. Just make sure that 了 (le) comes first, followed by 吗 (ma).

Structure

Subj. + Verb + Obj. + 了吗?

Topic (+ Subj.) + Verb + 了吗?

Keywords
了 · 吗
Used for
Asking questions
Classification
HSK1

Examples (10)

你吃饭了吗?

老板走了吗?

你男朋友找到新工作了吗?

妈妈,你昨天给我打电话了吗?

你今天去上班了吗?

晚饭你吃了吗?

衣服你洗好了吗?

作业你写完了吗?

这个电影你看了吗?

我的邮件你收到了吗?

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Summary, structure, classification, and adapted sentence examples draw from the AllSet Learning Chinese Grammar Wiki under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0; changes were made. This noncommercial reference is based on an October 2023 snapshot.

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