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title: Yes and no — there is no single word — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Chinese street
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 4 «Yes and no — there is no single word» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Yes and no — there is no single word

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The 15 questions of lesson 4 «Yes and no — there is no single word» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school with their options, 88 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/chinese-street/4-yes-and-no/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/4-yes-and-no/t1/) — «just say yes, it's shì for everything» Which is right? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/4-yes-and-no/t2/) — «bù yǒu!» says your friend, meaning he hasn't got any. What should it be? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/4-yes-and-no/t3/) — Ming's granny holds out a plate and you snap «bú yào!». What would happen? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/4-yes-and-no/t4/) — You whine «wèishénme?» (why?) after a parent's bù xíng. What usually happens? — right ✓ · ★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/4-yes-and-no/t5/) — «ming said 'yǒu' means you, like english» Which is right? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/4-yes-and-no/t6/) — Your teacher says the answer is 12 and you shout «bú duì!». How does it sound? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/4-yes-and-no/t7/) — A friend asks «zhè ge xíng ma?» (does this work?) about your Lego plan. It does. What fits? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/4-yes-and-no/t8/) — In a cartoon Granny asks «yào bu yào?» and the boy answers «duì!». Why is it odd? — right ✓ · ★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/4-yes-and-no/t9/) — «shut up and answer, got any crisps or not» Ming asks yǒu méiyǒu. You don't. What do you say? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/4-yes-and-no/t10/) — Ming's mum: «zuòyè zuò wán le ma?» You've finished. Which fits the trick of repeating the verb? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/4-yes-and-no/t11/) — What would happen if you answered every question with hǎo? — right ✓ · ★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/4-yes-and-no/e1/) — Identify the principal manner in which affirmative replies are formed in Mandarin. — right ✓ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/4-yes-and-no/e2/) — Ascertain the correct negation of the verb yǒu. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/4-yes-and-no/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the expression bù xíng. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/4-yes-and-no/e4/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the reply bú yào addressed to an elder offering food? — right ✓ · exam

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