Pinyin

We have learnt the intonation of an affirmative-negative question. Please pay attention to the following three points:

1. the affirmative part is stressed while the negative part is unstressed
2. the affirmative-negative phrase is read fast
3. the intonation falls gradually after the stressed word.

跟我读：

1． 你中午睡不睡觉？

2． 你吃不吃米饭？

3． 你有没有时间帮我找房子？

Today we’ll focus on the intonation of an alternative question.

In this kind of question, the alternatives are stressed, for example:

你喜欢吃面条还是米饭？

你想今天去还是明天去？

你开车上班还是坐车上班？

Have you notice that the former alternatives 面条、今天去、开车上班 are a bit slow in a rising intonation and the latter alternatives 米饭、明天去、坐车上班 are in a falling intonation.