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Jan 16, 2012 - 10:51 AM
Normally use "ma" when the statement does not contain a question word. in ur example "shenme" is a question word so it will be redundant to then add "ma" at the end. also note that you can formulate a question without the use of "ma" by using the positive /negative structure => ni shuo (+) yingwu ma? or ni shou bu shuo (-)yingyu? the format chosen will depend on a large part on the complexity of the sentence. no hard fast rule!!!