1. By the interrogative particles man‘ and ’vá.
- 飯好曼 van‘ ’hau man‘, is dinner ready?
- 去否 k’í‘ ’vá, will you go?
2. By putting the question in the form of an affirmative and negative, side by side. The particle ní is often placed between.
- 肯去勿肯去 ’k’ung k’í‘ veh ’k’ung k’í‘, will you or not?
- 曉得勿曉得 ’h’iau tuh veh ’h’iau tuh, do you know?
- 買呢勿買 ’má ní veh ’má, will you buy?
Obs. After ní, the second clause is sometimes supplied by sa‘; e.g.
- 要打呢啥 yau ’táng ní sá, do you want to fight, or what is it you want to do?
(4) Particles of time, forming tenses of verbs.
252. For the expression of present time, no auxiliary word is necessary.
- 我勿做啥 ’ngú veh tsú‘ sá‘, I am doing nothing.
- 來呢勿來 lé ní veh lé, is he coming or not?
- 懂勿懂 ’tóng veh ’tóng, do you understand or not?
- 怕冷否 p’ó‘ ’láng ’vá, do you fear cold?
- 勿能勿怕冷 veh nung veh p’o‘ ’lang; I cannot but fear cold.
Obs. Instead of considering the rest of the tenses in their order, it will be better to take the particles in succession, and show what tenses they may be used for.