难道不是……吗

nándào bú shì... ma

isn't it the case that... (难道不是……吗)

难道不是 A 吗 means “isn’t A true?” It is a rhetorical question expecting agreement.

Exemple de référence

难道不是每个人都应该为自己的选择负责吗？

Nándào bú shì měi gè rén dōu yīnggāi wèi zìjǐ de xuǎnzé fùzé ma?

Isn’t it the case that everyone should be responsible for their own choices?

HSK 6

1 structures

15 exercices

Résumé de la leçon

Read the sample sentence and notice how 难道不是……吗 works in the frame: 难道不是 A 吗.

Explication

This pattern is used when the speaker believes the answer is obvious. It is less literary than 岂不是 and more common in speech. Keep both 难道不是 and 吗 to form the rhetorical frame.

Modèles de structure

1 structures

Structure grammaticale

难道不是 A 吗

rhetorically asks for agreement with an obvious point

难道不是每个人都应该为自己的选择负责吗？

Nándào bú shì měi gè rén dōu yīnggāi wèi zìjǐ de xuǎnzé fùzé ma?

Isn’t it the case that everyone should be responsible for their own choices?

Erreurs courantes

Dropping 吗 in the rhetorical frame.Use 难道不是A吗.
Using it when genuinely asking for unknown information.It expects agreement, not new information.

Notes d'usage

Rhetorical confirmation.
More conversational than 岂不是.
Can sound forceful, so use carefully.

Exercices

15 exercices

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Complétez la phrase :

____每个人都应该为自己的选择负责吗？

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