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? How to ask yes or no question in Arabic

5 years ago

"pronounced "hal" هل In Arabic the word

signifies a yes or no question. Most statements can be turned into questions simply by adding “hal” to the beginning, a question mark to the end, and changing your tone of voice to be questioning

: for example

He is a student.= هو طالب huwa Taalib.

You are sad. =.أنتِ حزينة anti Hazina.

to the beginning " هل " Each of these becomes a question simply by adding

adding a question mark to the end, and changing your tone of voice,

=?hal huwa Taalib? =is he a student هل هو طالب ؟

hal anti Hazina? =Are you sad هل انت حزينة ؟

To answer a yes or no question, start with "yes" or "no". laa = no = لا

naam=yes = نعم

aywa=yes = أيوة

is widely used colloquial term for it as well ـأيوة .. is the Standard Arabic "yes" نعم While

?hal huwa Taalib? =is he a student هل هو طالب ؟

naam huwa Taalib =yes he is a student نعم هو طالب

aywa huwa Taalib =yes he is a student أيوة هو طالب

laa huwa modares =No he is a teacher لا هو مدرس

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