他是上个学期来的吗？ 他是上個學期來的嗎？ 他是上個學期來的嗎？

Did he get here last semester? ⇒ Was it last semester that he got here?

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Simplified

他是上个学期来的吗？

Traditional (Taiwan)

他是上個學期來的嗎？

Pinyin

Tā shì shàng ge xuéqī lái de ma?

Pinyin (Taiwan)

Tā shì shàng ge xuéqí lái de ma?

Bopomofo

ㄊㄚ ㄕˋ ㄕㄤˋ ˙ㄍㄜ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄞˊ ˙ㄉㄜ ˙ㄇㄚ？

Written with HSK 3 vocabulary, at CEFR level A2.

Words in this sentence

• 他(tā)him
• 是(shì)(adverb for emphatic assertion)
• 上(shàng)first
• 个(ge)(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
• 学(xué)期(qī)term
• 来(lái)come
• 的(de)used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis
• 吗(ma)question particle

Where this sentence is used

• The 是…的 (shì…de) construction in Chinese grammar

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