Yes–no question

The ruling ( also: yes / no - question set question ) is a type of interrogative sentence. Decision questions are the questions to which you can only answer yes or no with.

Form of decision questions

Decision-making and alternative issues require no question words. Therefore, it is possible that they resemble a declarative sentence into its phrase. In many languages, ruling only be identified by the context or intonation as such. Also, the German knows these questions:

  • Decision question: did you do that? ; Are you coming? (rising intonation )
  • Declarative sentence: you do that. ( falling intonation )
  • Alternatively question: Take rubles or dollars? - Take rubles or dollars?

In contrast, indirect speech ruling by a particular conjunction, namely, whether the word be clearly marked as such.

Is grammatically constructed the ruling by a verb in the first or second place. If the verb in the second place, it is clear in the debate, a falling - rising tone pattern.

Variants

A variant of the ruling is the Vergewisserungsfrage. The speaker expects that the respondent agrees. The ruling contains the German or the particles but surely:

  • But you have a little time for me? , You'll surely do the homework?

Similar constructions are Chorus question leading question.

Ruling in other languages

Also question particles are used to produce these questions in multiple languages ​​. So you ask in Turkish:

  • Eyepieces gidiyor mu? - " Does he go to school? "

The mu (alternating according to the vowel harmony also mu / mi / mı ) here is the question particle with which the ruling is made.

In Chinese is asked in the same way:

  • 这 是 我 的 书 吗? ( Zhe shi wo de ma shū? ) - " Is that my book?"

The ma at the end of the question is to form from the declarative sentence a question.

The question particles can not be translated into German usually.

Swell

  • Helmut Glück ( ed.), in collaboration with Friederike Schmöe: Metzler Lexikon Sprache. 3rd revised edition. Metzler, Stuttgart, inter alia, 2005, ISBN 3-476-02056-8, keyword: ruling.
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