Sentence Number 4
She why busy
Chinese Sentence
她为什么忙？
Full Pinyin
tā wèi shén me máng
Natural English
Why is she busy?
Short Description
A reason question retaining why before the state predicate.
Sentence Pattern
CWB-P012
Level
basic
Sentence Type
Standardized Expression
Standard Status
standard
Sentence Analysis
A reason question retaining why before the state predicate.
Sentence Analysis
她 / 为什么 / 忙 maps to She / why / busy. The question token remains after the subject, and natural-English inversion is kept only in the reference field.