VIII. Other question forms of 'shì 是 ... de的 ' construction
Alternate questions use the following pattern:
Subject + shì ... ... de hái shì ... ... de?
Subject + 是 ... ... 的 还是 ... ... 的?
Nǐ shì zǒu lù lái de háishì zuò chē lái de.
你是走路来的还是坐车来的？
Did you come on foot or by bus?
Subject + shì ... ... Verb de Object hái shì ... ... Verb de Object?
Subject + 是 ... ... Verb 的 Object 还是 ... ... Verb 的 Object?
Nǐ shì zài Měiguó xué de Yīngwén háishì zài Yīngguó xué de Yīngwén.
你是在美国学的英文还是在英国学的英文？
Was it in America or England where you studied English?
Ba 吧 questions: Put ba 吧 at the end of the sentence.
Nǐmen shì zài Běijīng rènshi de ba?
你们是在北京认识的吧？
You met
in Beijing,
did you not?