Refrain question

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A refrain question (also a follow-up question or question tag ) is a question attached to a statement . With this question the speaker wants to get the addressee to confirm the proposition, for example , or he wants to make sure the recipient agrees. The tag question, a leading question be, demand the listener's attention or just be a polite form.

Refrain questions appear more often in spoken language than in written language.

Examples

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  • German :
    • ... is n't it?
    • … Don't you?
    • ... right ?
    • ..., right ?
    • ..., want? (Westphalian)
    • ... right ? (Alemannic)
    • .... what ? (Berlin dialect)
  • English :…, isn't it?
  • dutch :…, yes toch? , of niet?
  • French :… n'est-ce pas
  • Spanish :…, ¿verdad?
  • Italian :…, non è vero?
  • Egyptian-Arabic :…, miš keda?
  • Japanese :… ね。 (ne) .
  • Sinhala :…, nēda?
  • polish :…, prawda? , nieprawdaż? , czy never tak? , dobrze? , no never? , never? , tak?
  • chinese :
    • ..., 不是 吗？
    • ..., 对 吧？

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