Learn Chinese Grammar Lesson 5

Ask Questions 5

In this lesson you are going to learn how to use the following very common interrogative words.

An interrogative word may be used to raise a question and is placed where the answer is expected. Therefore, the word order of the answer is the same as that of the question, with the interrogative word being replaced by the corresponding answer. Let's see some examples:

Please note that the word order is the same in both answers and questions. The interrogative word 谁 has been replaced in the same position by the answers "Mary" and "my mother".