你知不知道是谁
“Do you?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
知道谁不
“Do you know who did it?”
你知不知道 是谁
“Do you?”
会知道
“We will find out.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
know or not know; used in affirmative-negative questions to ask if someone knows
An A-not-A question pattern, extremely common in spoken Chinese. Its tone is usually more urgent or emphatic in seeking confirmation than 'ni zhi dao ma' (do you know?).
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Everyone in the county knows you've lost your mind.”
“No way you don't know. Of course you know.”
“I don't know who you're talking about.”
“I really don't know who he is.”
“I don't even know who that is.”
“Do you know what this knife is made of?”
“Do you know or not?”
“Do you know who I am?”
“But if I don't know who I am,”
“You don't know who I am.”
“I don't know who those two are,”
“Don't you know who I am?”
“You don't want to know who?”