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.

Exemplo principal

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 estruturas

15 exercícios

Resumo da lição

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

Explicação

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.

Modelos de estrutura

1 estruturas

Estrutura gramatical

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?

Erros comuns

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.

Notas de uso

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

Exercícios

15 exercícios

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Complete a lacuna:

____每个人都应该为自己的选择负责吗？

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