This document discusses question formation in Chinese. It notes that who, what, when, where, why and how questions are formed the same way in Chinese as statements, with the subject + verb + 什麼 + noun structure. It provides examples of questions about food preferences, occupations, and activities to illustrate this structure. The key points are that Chinese questions maintain the same word order as statements and use 什麼 to ask about a noun.

1. Subj. + Verb + 什麼+ (Noun) ?
English meaning:
Who, what, when, where, why, and how: these question
words are all used when forming questions in Chinese. The
important thing to remember is that word order is the same
in Chinese for questions and statements.
Structure:
Subj. + Verb + 什麼+ (Noun) ?

2. A:你喜歡吃什麼菜？
A: Nǐ xǐhuān chī shénme cài?
A: What kind of food do you like to eat?
B:我喜歡吃中國菜。
B: Wǒ xǐhuān chī zhōngguó cài.
B: I like to eat Chinese food.
Subj. + Verb + 什麼+ (Noun) ?

3. A:你的媽媽做什麼工作？
A: Nǐ de māmā zuò shénme gōngzuò?
A: What is your mother doing?
B:我媽媽在公司當經理。
B: Wǒ māmā zài gōngsī dāng jīnglǐ.
B: My mother is a manager at the company.
Subj. + Verb + 什麼+ (Noun) ?

4. Subj. Verb 什麼 (Noun) ?
你 喜歡吃 什麼 菜？
你的媽媽 做 什麼 工作？
Subj. + Verb + 什麼+ (Noun) ?

5. A:你的媽媽做什麼工作？
A: Nǐ de māmā zuò shénme gōngzuò?
A: What is your mother doing?
B:我的媽媽在餐廳當服務員。
B: Wǒ de māmā zài cāntīng dāng fúwùyuán.
B: My mother is a server in the restaurant.
A:你的爸爸做什麼工作？
A: Nǐ de bàba zuò shénme gōngzuò?
A: What is your father doing?
B:我的爸爸在學校教書。
B: Wǒ de bàba zài xuéxiào jiāoshū.
B: My father teaches at school.
Subj. + Verb + 什麼+ (Noun) ?

6. A:你喜歡吃____東西？
B:我喜歡吃蛋糕。
A:你喜歡喝_____飲料？
B:我喜歡喝咖啡。
Subj. + Verb + 什麼+ (Noun) ?

7. A:你在公司做什麼？
B: _________________。
A: _________________ ？
B:我下班要吃麵。
(我在公司開會。)
(你下班要吃什麼?)
Subj. + Verb + 什麼+ (Noun) ?