Hi all,
English has a term for close-ended questions that expect one of only two possible answers: "yes" and "no".
"Did Harry ever speak with you about the new policy?" O
"What is your favorite color?" X
English speakers, including children, call these types of questions "yes or no questions" and use this term in daily life, such as when playing riddle-based games like 20 questions.
A: "Ask me a yes or no question."
B: "What is your favorite color?"
A: "That's no a yes or no question!"
There are clearly ways to describe these types of questions in Korean also. The Korean page for 20 questions describes them as "예·아니오로 대답할 수 있는" 질문, but I am curious if there is a set phrase used daily life that refers to this kind of question. Thanks for any thoughts!
As a followup: Even if there is no set term for "yes or no questions" in Korean, I assume that native speakers are familiar with the difference between them and open-ended questions that start with "who", "what", "when", and so on. Native speakers, if you for some reason wanted to talk about these two types of questions at a casual setting like a restaurant with some friends, how would you naturally describe them?
English has a term for close-ended questions that expect one of only two possible answers: "yes" and "no".
"Did Harry ever speak with you about the new policy?" O
"What is your favorite color?" X
English speakers, including children, call these types of questions "yes or no questions" and use this term in daily life, such as when playing riddle-based games like 20 questions.
A: "Ask me a yes or no question."
B: "What is your favorite color?"
A: "That's no a yes or no question!"
There are clearly ways to describe these types of questions in Korean also. The Korean page for 20 questions describes them as "예·아니오로 대답할 수 있는" 질문, but I am curious if there is a set phrase used daily life that refers to this kind of question. Thanks for any thoughts!
As a followup: Even if there is no set term for "yes or no questions" in Korean, I assume that native speakers are familiar with the difference between them and open-ended questions that start with "who", "what", "when", and so on. Native speakers, if you for some reason wanted to talk about these two types of questions at a casual setting like a restaurant with some friends, how would you naturally describe them?