Differences in 吗&吧&呢 | Chilling Chinese | Chinese Modal Particles Comparison

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There are so many modal particles in mandarin, and they serve different purposes?
Today’s video is about how to separate the most common three: 吧 吗 呢
How to use them properly in different cases?

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Words and Sentences Mentioned:
你是美国人吧？（nǐ shì měiguórén ba）
You are American, right?
她下班了吧？（tā xiàbān le ba）
She is off work, right?
你是美国人吗？（nǐ shì měiguórén ma）
Are you American?
她下班了吗？（tā xiàbān le ma）
Is she off work?
他是谁呢？（tā shì shéi ne）
Who is he?
我的钱包在哪呢？（wǒde qiánbāo zài nǎ ne）
Where is my wallet?
你想喝什么呢？（nǐ xiǎng hē shénme ne）
What do you want to drink?
你今年几岁了？（nǐ jīnnián jǐsuì le）
How old are you?
我今年22岁了，你呢？（wǒ jīnnián èrshíèr suì le nǐ ne）
I’m 22, what about you?
我听说你不喜欢跳舞，那唱歌呢？（wǒ tīngshuō nǐ bù xǐhuān tiàowǔ nà chànggē ne）
I’ve heard that you don’t like dancing, then what about singing?
我们出去吃饭吧。（wǒmen chūqù chīfàn ba）
Let’s go eat out.
明天不行，后天吧。（míngtiān bùxíng hòutiān ba）
Tomorrow is not doable, how about the day after tomorrow?
帮帮我吧。（bāngbang wǒ ba）
Please help me.
好吧。（hǎo ba）
Okay/alright.
那就这样吧。（nà jiù zhèyàng ba）
Well then it is.
你去吧/呢，我不开心，你不去吧/呢，我也不开心。（nǐ qù ba/ne wǒ bù kāixīn nǐ búqù ba/ne wǒ yě bù kāixīn）
If you go, I’m not happy, if you don’t go, I’m not happy either.
便宜吧/呢，我就买，不便宜吧/呢，我就不买。（piányi ba/ne wǒ jiù mǎi bù piányi ba/ne wǒ jiù bù mǎi）
If it’s cheap, I’d buy, if it’s not, I wouldn’t buy.

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