laerɮæ²¹🔊RHET Q反问式(rhetorical question)(反问式/fǎnwèn shì/)Ni ngo leil ciryoxr-hanga lei ci, halae zzor labox mel lei jiujiu ci a laer? 每一样你都欺负我，连吃的也欺负我？You bother me in every way, are you even going to bother me concerning the food as well?1. It was reported that this word is not used in the village of ZhangJia.据说张家村那里不用此字。The words: /neil/, /ngo/, /leir/, /bbeixleir/ and /holbbaexl, are words that mark rhetorical questions. The word /neil/ can be used to confirm information as inː /Eil ddei zzor cexr cexr neil?/ 'This can be eaten, can't it?' Or it can have a sense of rebuking as inː /Ni arsaenga a, eine bei neil?/ 'Why did you do this?' The word /ngo/ is used in the sense of telling someone that s/he is doing something wrong, as in: /Ni ngo leil hol-nr-cir a ngo?/ 'You don't remember me, do you?' (You should remember me.) The word /leir/ commuicates irritation, as in: /Ni azo bei leir?/ 'What (in the world) are you doing?' The /bbeixleir/ is similar to the /leir/; it communicates irritation: /Ni azo ar ddei meddu zza bbeixleir?/ 'What do you have to say for yourself?' /holbbaexl/ is the only one of these words that occurs at the beginning of the clause and simply marks a rhetorical question, as in: Holbbaexl, ngo bei cox a? 'Did I do what was wrong?' (No.)

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