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These little guys are question particles, and they're actually one of the coolest parts of Chinese grammar because they let you ask questions without flipping word order around like we do in English. Let me break down exactly how ma, ne, and ba work so you can start using them correctly.",{"type":29,"children":30},"root",[31,50,54,58,65,78,83,88,91,97,110,115,130,135,140,184,189,194,207,210,216,227,239,252,257,262,291,303,345,350,355,358,364,382,387,429,434,439,481,486,491,524,529,532,538,543,548,596,601,634,639,642,648,672,675,681,686,700,714,719,733,741,747,750,756,761,777],{"type":32,"tag":33,"props":34,"children":35},"element","p",{},[36,39,48],{"type":37,"value":38},"text","So you're ",{"type":32,"tag":40,"props":41,"children":45},"a",{"href":42,"rel":43},"https:\u002F\u002Fmigaku.com\u002Flearn-chinese",[44],"nofollow",[46],{"type":37,"value":47},"learning Mandarin",{"type":37,"value":49}," and you've noticed these tiny characters showing up at the end of questions: 吗, 呢, and 吧. 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