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Study: Negation and Responses

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Sentence Number 1

Tomorrow you come no

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Chinese Sentence

明天你来吗?

Full Pinyin

míng tiān nǐ lái ma

Natural English

Are you coming tomorrow?

Short Description

A yes-no question whose final no token maps contextually to 吗.

Sentence Pattern

CWB-P002

Level

basic

Sentence Type

Standardized Expression

Standard Status

standard

Sentence Analysis

A yes-no question whose final no token maps contextually to 吗.

Sentence Analysis

The source units are 明天 / 你 / 来 / 吗, so Chinglish keeps Tomorrow / you / come / no. Here no is not negation: its question profile traces it to 吗. Natural English introduces inversion and a progressive verb, changes that belong only to the reference layer.

Token Mapping

Position Surface Token Chinese Unit Pinyin Linked Word
1 tomorrow 明天 míng tiān tomorrow
2 you you
3 come lái come
4 no ma no

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