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反问句"不是……吗?"

HSK 2Lesson 13
The Rhetorical Question "不是……吗?"
解释Explanation

"不是……吗?"是反问句,说话人心里已经有答案,用这个句子来强调,或者表示有点儿奇怪、想让对方想起一件事。意思是"……是这样的"。

不是……吗? looks like a question, but the speaker already believes the answer is "yes". It means "Isn't it true that...?" and is used to remind someone of something, to stress a point, or to show surprise when things don't match what you expected: 你不是有考试吗? "Don't you have an exam (so why are you here)?" Put 不是 before the part you want to stress and 吗 at the end.

例句Examples
  • 你不是喜欢吃鱼吗?
    Nǐ bú shì xǐhuan chī yú ma?
    Don't you like fish?
  • 今天不是星期六吗?你怎么去学校了?
    Jīntiān bú shì xīngqīliù ma? Nǐ zěnme qù xuéxiào le?
    Isn't today Saturday? Why did you go to school?
  • 这不是你的铅笔吗?
    Zhè bú shì nǐ de qiānbǐ ma?
    Isn't this your pencil?
  • 他不是我们班的同学吗?
    Tā bú shì wǒmen bān de tóngxué ma?
    Isn't he a classmate from our class?
练习Practice

Tap chips to arrange them into a correct sentence. Translation: Don't you like fish?

Arrange the sentence0/6
(all chips placed — tap one in the answer to take it back)