Chinese is very different from English and other IndoEuropean languages. First, while English questions often have ‘inverted’ word order from statements, Chinese questions have the same word order as statements. The particle ‘吗 (ma)’ can be added to any statement and convert it into a yes-no question. There is also a special type of question called the A-not-A question [9], which is formed with the main verb followed by negation ‘不 (bu)’ or ‘没 (mei)’ and the reduplicated verb. Listed below are examples of common types of questions in Mandarin Chinese:
Here are the Five good reasons to learn Chinese:
1.China has the biggest population in the world—1.3 billion people.
2.If you speak English and Mandarin you can communicate with over half the world's population.
3.China is becoming an economic superpower.
4.The Chinese language is fascinating.
5.You get much more out of a visit to China if you can speak some Chinese.
