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    IV. The question forms
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      Stative verbs as complements.<br/>

      If the complement is a stative verb, it can be used in both ma-questions and choice-type questions.
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        <span style="color: blue;">Ma </span><span class="hanzi">吗 </span>question
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<br/><span class="pinyin">Tā shuō de hǎo ma?</span><br/><span class="hanzi">他说得好吗？</span><br/> Does he speak well?</li>

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        Choice-type Question
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<br/><span class="pinyin">Tā shuō de hǎo bù hǎo?</span><br/><span class="hanzi">他说得好不好？</span><br/>Does he speak well, or not?</li>
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      Other elements as complements.<br/>

      When the complement is a stative verb in its reduplicated form, such as<span class="pinyin">gāogāo de</span><span class="hanzi">高高的 </span>or<span class="pinyin">piàopiàoliàngliàng de </span><span class="hanzi">漂漂亮亮的</span>, the stative verb must be changed back into its original form, i.e.<span class="pinyin">gāo </span><span class="hanzi">高 </span>or <span class="pinyin">piàoliàng </span><span class="hanzi">漂亮</span>, and de must be removed before it can be used in a ma-question or choice-type question. Compare the following sentences.
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        Declarative sentences
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<br/><span class="pinyin">Tā zhǎng de gāo gāo de.</span><br/><span class="hanzi">他长得高高的。</span><br/> He has grown very tall.</li>

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        <span style="color: blue;">Ma</span>-question
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<br/><span class="pinyin">Tā zhǎng de gāo ma?</span><br/><span class="hanzi">他长得高吗？</span><br/> Has he grown very tall?</li>

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        Choice-type question
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<br/><span class="pinyin">Tā zhǎng de gāo bù gāo?</span><br/><span class="hanzi">他长得高不高？</span><br/> Has he grown very tall, or not?</li>
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      Other elements as complements.<br/>

      If the complement is a verbal or idiomatic expression or a clause, it can be used in a ma-question, but not in a choice-type question. However, such expressions can use '<span class="pinyin">shìbúshì </span><span class="hanzi">是不是</span> ' to form a tag question. '<span class="pinyin">Shìbúshì </span><span class="hanzi">是不是</span> ' can also be placed after the subject to form a question. The following are a few examples.
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        verbal expression as complement
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<br/><span class="pinyin">Tā pǎo de chuǎnbúshàng qì lái, shì bú shì?</span><br/><span class="hanzi">他跑得喘不上气来，是不是？</span><br/>He was out of breath from running, right?</li>

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        idiomatic expression as complement
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<br/><span class="pinyin">Tā shì bú shì xiào de qiányǎnghòuhé?</span><br/><span class="hanzi">他是不是笑得前仰后合？</span><br/> Is it the case that he is rocking back and forth with laughter?</li>

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        clause as complement
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      <audio src="../Audio/degree-IV-C-3.mp3" controls="controls"></audio>

<br/><span class="pinyin">Tiānqi lěng de shéi dōu bù xiǎng chūqù, shì bú shì?</span><br/> <span class="hanzi">天气冷得谁都不想出去，是不是？</span><br/> It is so cold that no one wants to go out, right?</li>
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