Rhetorical questions with "nandao"

Nível: HSK 4 | Categoria: Gramática

Explicação da Regra:

Rhetorical questions use the form of a question to emphasize a point, thus do not require an answer. A typical English rhetorical question might be: "you're not saying you actually believe him, are you?" or "just how stupid are you?" In Chinese, 难道 (nándào) is used as a marker to form this kind of question. Since we don't "mark" our rhetorical questions like this in English, this can take some getting used to in Chinese. 难道 + [Rhetorical Question] + 吗？ Note that 难道 can only be used for rhetorical questions which could be answered with yes or no, and generally end with 吗.

Exemplos com Falantes Nativos:

• 难道你真的相信他吗？ (nándào nǐ zhēnde xiāngxìn tā ma ？): "Do you really believe him?"
• 难道你是我妈吗？ (nándào nǐ shì wǒ mā ma ？): "Are you my mother?"
• 今天是我的生日，难道你不知道吗？ (jīntiān shì wǒ de shēngrì，nándào nǐ bù zhīdào ma ？): "Today is my birthday, do n’t you know?"
• 你父母这么关心你，难道你一点都感觉不到吗？ (nǐ fùmǔ zhèyāo guānxīn nǐ， nándào nǐ yīdiǎn dū gǎnjué bùdào ma ？): "Your parents care so much about you, don't you feel it at all?"
• 他这么帅，又这么有钱，难道你不想嫁给他吗？ (tā zhèyāo shuài，yòu zhèyāo yǒuqián，nándào nǐ bù xiǎng jià gěi tā ma ？): "He is so handsome and so rich, don't you want to marry him?"

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