Question tag yo : ..., isn't it ?

Question tag yo parèt toupatou nan angle oral e yo swiv yon règ mekanik ki fasil pou aprann e fasil pou kase yon ti kras. Kreyòl la debouye l ak yon fòmil ki pa chanje (pa vre ?, non ?, wi ?). An angle, tag la chanje nan chak fraz : fòk ou rekonstwi l.

Règ de baz la : siy kontrè

Fraz afimatif → tag negatif. Fraz negatif → tag afimatif.

It's cold today, isn't it?

It isn't cold today, is it?

You've finished, haven't you?

You haven't finished, have you?

Ki vèb oksilyè pou sèvi ?

Repran oksilyè fraz la. Si pa gen youn, sèvi ak do / does / did.

Fraz	Tag
She is ready	isn't she?
They have left	haven't they?
He can swim	can't he?
You like it	don't you?
She works here	doesn't she?
They went home	didn't they?
You must go	mustn't you?
We used to live there	didn't we?
You'd better ask	hadn't you?

Ak konstriksyon there is / there are, tag la kenbe there, kòmsi li te sijè a :

• There's a problem, isn't there?
• There weren't many people, were there?

Eksepsyon pou memorize

• I am late, aren't I? (pa amn't I)
• Let's go, shall we?
• Open the window, will you? (apre yon enperatif)
• Nobody called, did they? (mo tankou nobody, no one, someone pran they)
• Nothing happened, did it?

Atansyon ak negasyon kache a. Mo tankou never, hardly, rarely, nobody deja fè fraz la negatif, kidonk tag la rete afimatif :

He never calls, does he?

Tag ak menm siy

Yon fraz afimatif ak yon tag afimatif se pa yon erè : sa montre ou fèk konprann yon bagay. Nuans lan se enterè, sispisyon oswa sarkas, selon ton an.

• So you're the new manager, are you?
• You think that's funny, do you?

Sèvi ak li avèk prekosyon : di sou yon ton net, li ka sonnen provokan.

Ki jan pou reponn tag la

Reponn a fèt la, pa a fòm tag la. Repons lan swiv fèt la menm, avèk yes ak no.

• You haven't eaten, have you? — No, I haven't. (kòrèk : mwen pa manje)
• You haven't eaten, have you? — Yes, I have. (kòrèk : mwen manje)

Menm si kesyon an negatif, ou reponn yes si fèt la afimatif, ak no si li negatif.

Entonasyon chanje sans lan

Se egzakteman sa ki konte nan yon vrè konvèsasyon.

• Entonasyon ki desann → nou pa poze yon kesyon, nou tann lòt moun nan dakò.

  Lovely day, isn't it? ↘ (small talk — senpleman dakò)

• Entonasyon ki monte → yon vrè kesyon, nou pa sèten.

  You locked the door, didn't you? ↗ (mwen bezwen konnen vre)

Si ou reponn yon tag ki desann tankou yon vrè kesyon, ou kwape konvèsasyon an.

Pou ki sa tag yo sèvi vre : yo adousi yon afimasyon byen fèm lè yo transfòme l an yon entèvansyon ou ka reponn. That's expensive se yon vèdik ; That's expensive, isn't it? se yon envitasyon pou dakò.

Chak tag gen wòl li

A: Long queue, isn't it? ↘

B: Awful. You've been waiting a while, haven't you? ↗

A: Half an hour. They don't open the second desk, do they.

B: Never. So you come here often, do you?

Premye a se small talk, dezyèm lan se yon vrè kesyon, twazyèm lan se yon plent fatige, katriyèm lan se yon tag ak menm siy ak yon ti enterè.

Teste sa ou konnen

Tès ki anba a travay mekanik la ak eksepsyon yo.